All were to be presented with keys to the city. It's the second parade in less than a week for the crew. Co. Besides baseball's hometown Yankees and Mets, the few others given more than one ticker-tape parade in New York include former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, Dwight Eisenhower and Amelia Earhart. Recent honorees include Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul II and Gulf War veterans. Ticker tape, the paper ribbon on which telegraphic tickers print information, is no longer used.
Participants now throw shredded computer paper, confetti and toilet paper rolls.
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