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"When I leave... is anybody going to give a damn about keeping the engines in nice condition? Who's going to take care of the cats when I'm gone? I don't know."
The decades-old New Year's Eve tradition ends after this year.
The main attraction, however, was the murderers' row of ten of Conrad Milster's most massive whistles, all different sizes and pitches, which were blasted simultaneously at midnight.
The steam whistles at Pratt Institute will blow once more tomorrow night, welcoming the new year with their sustained, deafening cries.
"They're the loudest things you've ever heard, you feel the sound not just in your chest but all throughout you body."