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Coast Guard officer Brett Patterson, of Jacksonville, Fla., holds a M-240 machine gun aboard a helicopter during a patrol around the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003. The homeland security patrol flights are responses to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s request for national support during the increased terror alert threat issued by the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/USCG, Mike Hvozda)