NEW YORK -- Meticulous prep work is underway to pull off what will be the nation's largest Independence Day celebration.We're talking about the 48th annual Macy's 4th of July Fireworks show, which will return to the Hudson River a week from Thursday, starting at 9:25 p.m.Read more: Free tickets for NYC 4th of July fireworks officially sold out. Here's where to watch instead.
'Planning and executing the show is quite an undertakingTo put on the high-flying celebration, you have to start at the bottom, on barges.'We have five barges, over 60,000 shells and effects,' said Will Coss, executive producer of Macy's 4th of July Fireworks.Coss' team is made up of more than 50 pyrotechnicians. When they're not carefully loading boats full of fireworks, some work on bomb squads outside of New York.
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