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Pandemic turns birthday party into a drive-by celebration

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Last year Mackenzie Sahm went bowling with dozens of kids to celebrate her fourth birthday. As she turned five on Wednesday, relatives met in the parking lot of an old K-Mart in Northeast Philadelphia to decorate their cars before heading to her house for a drive-by parade, the way birthdays are celebrated now during the coronavirus shelter-in-place order.

Mackenzie Sahm celebrates as her family and friends drive by in a birthday parade as she turned five April 22, 2020 during the coronavirus shelter-in-place order.
Mackenzie Sahm celebrates as her family and friends drive by in a birthday parade as she turned five April 22, 2020 during the coronavirus shelter-in-place order.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
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