says they do not want new york city to hold a parade. to mark the end of the iraq war and welcome home the troops. and new york city is where we have always done this sort of thing as a nation. and new york did throw one ticker tape parade this year, for the super bowl champion new york giants, and their parade, the football parade, we met the willis family. mom glenda with her grandson josiah, they had brought with them a picture of army staff sergeant dan o willis, glenda s son, a huge giants fan. sergeant willis had sent a message from afghanistan before the game. i m staff sergeant daniel willis originally from brooklyn new york and i want to say hi to my family back in brooklyn and go big blue. his mom told us that she promised him she would go to the parade if the giants won and she would bring his picture. well the giants won, new york held the parade and she held the promise. and she told us it would be compassionate to have a parade