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ELLEN M. BANNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

To help send the Seahawks off to Washington, D.C., hundreds of Hawks fans lined both sides of South 188th Street near Valley Ridge Park in SeaTac Friday afternoon.

ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Nicole Killebrew, a Seattle Aquarium staff diver wearing a 12th Man jersey during her underwater talk, swims over to the 12th Man flag to retrieve it after it broke free from its tether in the 120,000-gallon tank. This is among the "Blue Friday" events around Seattle marking the Seahawks' return to the playoffs. The aquarium's great tank is home to more than 500 fish and 20 different species.

ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Local rapper and Seahawks fan, Macklemore, steps up to the ropes for his turn helping raise the 12th Man flag Friday atop the Space Needle.

ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

At left, J Taylor at the Space Needle is dwarfed by the 12th Man flag after it was raised by a number of local celebrities, including Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. At right, the flag is raised atop the Needle.