Fans from around the United States bid farewell to giant pandas at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC. Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, along with their cub Xiao Qi Ji, are due to return to China in early December.
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00:02 We've been watching on the live cam, on the webcam,
00:05 every day leading up into this point.
00:07 We planned it about a month ago to come on this trip, so
00:11 it was a last minute decision.
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00:29 I saw it on the Facebook, the Pandapalooza, and I was like, well,
00:32 that'd be a good time to go.
00:33 And so I took time off work to come and see the pandas.
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00:47 This is my second time seeing the pandas.
00:50 I was here earlier this year, and then when I heard that they were leaving,
00:54 I wanted to come back and see them again.
00:57 Yeah, I think I've gone through once already, and I've seen two of them, and
01:02 it's been really awesome.
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