NYC Apple Store Opening

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Left:Stormy Shippy (right) and Gary Allen were customers number one and two yet again.

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Stormy Shippy had his first face-to-face meeting with his hero Steve Jobs on entering the new store.

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Wheelchair-bound Matt Duffy (right) traveled from Scotland to meet his hero Steve Jobs. "It was well worth it," he said.

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Charels Sporn, a new Mac fanatic, said "It would be nice to win a MacBook, but I don't really need it."

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Video producer Major Lightner lined up in the hopes of winning a new MacBook for his girlfriend

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Melchior Villafnerte, at far left, was planning to spend a long time in the store with his friends.

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Apple's glass cube floods light into the subterranean store.

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Five minutes after the official opening, the dark skies opened to let a ray of sunlight onto the cube.