The blizzard hadn't stopped, but the cheers inside the stadium were so loud they seemed to knock the falling snowflakes off course.
Some people wept with joy, some sobbed uncontrollably, and some sprayed golden beer high into the air, earning the curses of fans who were drenched to the bone.
Thirty-odd seconds is a fleeting moment, too short for the Commander Team to do a thing.
But it's also an eternity, long enough that their fans will spend years trying to erase the memory.
But regardless, where there are winners, there must be losers.
The final whistle blew. The Giants were 17-0, a perfect regular season.
Following the New England Patriots' 16-game winning streak under Tom Brady in 2007, the New York Giants, led by Li Wei, had now set a new record.
