#OWS Hails a Cab. The Rest is Legend.

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After a night of arrests, endless meetings, and hipster cops, the guys manning the Occupy Wall Street livestream finally decided they’d had enough of hoofing it from Washington Square Park all the way back to Wall Street. They caught a cab, camera still rolling. That’s when they met Khan from Pakistan, and the rest is TAXI CAB MAGIC:

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