Hundreds of thousands of New York City revelers have celebrated the end of a historic year that saw the election of the first black U.S. president and a catastrophic economic meltdown and have ushered in 2009 from Times Square. Check out some photos of the incredible celebration!!! Happy New Year!!
Let the Cleanup Begin!
Strong winds lift debris from the New Year's celebration as sanitation workers clean up early New Year's Day Thursday Jan. 1, 2009 in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
