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I went down to Washington DC to watch the fireworks, just like every year for the seven years I’ve lived in Maryland. The draw is indescribable - big crowds, great food, and then the show - as a life-long pyromaniac, this is very satisfying.

I was close to the action, as I’ve had a few years to figure out the very best spot to be. I was so close, in fact, that I had to wash soot from my arms and legs when I got home, as the fallout rained down on me heavily. The area I was at was littered with unburned cardboard shell casings.

Little did I know that the best, this year, was yet to come.

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