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Look, we live in a very dangerous world. We know there are people who want to take away our freedoms. New Yorkers probably know that as much if not more than anybody else after the terrible tragedy of 9/11.

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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