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A man holds a piece of the Long Beach boardwalk as hundreds of residents were given a final opportunity to say goodbye to the landmark boardwalk and to take a piece home before it was to be demolished.

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Harris Rappel walks away with a piece of the Long Beach boardwalk as hundreds of residents attend a "goodbye" ceremony for the town's historic wooden boardwalk.

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Hundreds of residents of Long Beach attend a "goodbye" ceremony for the town's historic wooden boardwalk that was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy.