On Friday, Nov. 6, the city of New York threw a ticker-tape parade for the new champions of baseball, the New York Yankees.

Being a hard core Yankee fan since the age of nine, going to the parade would be a no-brainer. However, I initially intended to watch and cheer from the sidelines. Then it all changed when I risked everything and sneaked into the parade. After carefully studying the cops' movements on the Reade Street entry, I crawled under the blue barricade and started walking toward Broadway. A cop yelled "Hey! Hey!" but I didn't look back. In fact, I began to signal to the right of me as if I were calling for someone to wait up for me. The cop never chased me and I kept on. My second obstacle proved to be a bit difficult. I ended up being two blocks away from the end of the parade (City Hall) but determined to gamble, I decided to walk south on Broadway against a packed sidewalk of onlookers. Hope began to fade and I finally decided to get as close to the sidelines as possible and hope for a small glimpse of the floats. That was when I discovered two bars of the metal barricade missing—big enough for a small person like me. After looking out for cops once more, I quickly went through, tripped, scrambled to my feet, and walked along Broadway. To look official I quickly inserted my external flash onto my camera and walked as if I belonged. Nervous but ecstatic to be in the middle of it all, I began photographing....