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Members of the Nassau County Police pull a Jet Blue A320 plane 100 feet during the third annual Jet Blue Airbus A320 Plane Tug at JFK Airport on May 7 in New York City.
Members of London's Metropolitan Police Service went head-to-head with U.S. law enforcement and airport crewmembers to see which team of up to 16 people could pull a 150,000 pound Jet Blue A320 aircraft 100 feet in the fastest time.
The "Brits vs. Yanks" competition raises money and awareness for the Joining Against Cancer Kids (JACK) Foundation, a UK based organization that funds Neuroblastoma cancer research.
A team of TSA employees had the fastest time of 32 seconds.
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Kieren Marwood of the Metropolitan Police Services in London catches his breath after his team pulled a Jet Blue A320 plane 100 feet during the third annual Jet Blue Airbus A320 Plane Tug at JFK Airport on May 7.
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Jet Blue Airways ground crews pull a Jet Blue A320 plane 100 feet during the third annual Jet Blue Airbus A320 Plane Tug at JFK Airport on May 7, 2012 in New York City.
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I guess they built up their strength by all the pat downs done to little children, the elderly, the infirm, the disabled, the military, the pretty young women and those nursing mothers. Got to like having those bragging rights.