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NEW YORK – Federal officials say that the claim of department store behemoth Macy’s that six-year-old boys are trapped inside every one of its iconic Thanksgiving Day parade balloons is a hoax.
The publicity stunt was hatched by new Macy’s employee Richard Heene.
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