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Tony Bennett was performing on a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade float
Singer had just finished a duet with Miss Piggy when float began to move
Cameras captured the 90-year-old singer momentarily losing his balance
The Muppet quickly put her arm out to save him from falling off

Published: 14:12 EST, 24 November 2016 | Updated: 14:32 EST, 24 November 2016

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Miss Piggy managed to save Tony Bennett from taking a tumble off a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade float.

The Muppet and the 90-year-old singer had just finished a duet of 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' on Thursday when their parade float started moving again.

Cameras captured the singer momentarily losing his balance.

Miss Piggy and Tony Bennett had just finished a duet of 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when the 90-year-old singer almost fell off their float

The 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco' singer tried to grab hold of a prop on the float.

Miss Piggy quickly put her arm out to help steady Bennett and stop him falling off the float.

She was one of several Muppets, including Kermit the Frog, out in force to help celebrate the parade.

An estimated 3.5 million people converged on the 90th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

Cameras captured the singer momentarily losing his balance before Miss Piggy reached out to help steady him so he didn't fall off the float

Tony Bennet and Miss Piggy performed together during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade rehearsals outside the New York 34th Street store on Wednesday

Tony Bennett waves from a float during the Parade. The singer almost tumbled from the float but was saved by Miss Piggy

Crowds, some as many as 10 deep, lined the parade route, which started on Manhattan's Upper West Side and made its way down to Macy's flagship store on 34th Street.

Another 50 million were expected to be watching the parade at home with the nationally televised ritual intiating the holiday shopping season.

There was a heavy police presence at this year's parade with sand-filled trucks, radiation detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs and heavily armed officers in place to ward off any threats of a terror attack.

Officers carrying assault rifles and bomb-sniffing dogs also lined the parade route, along with plainclothes officers in the crowd.

Sarah McLachlan is pictured with Al Rokerat the parade in New York on Thursday

Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez was also present at the parade

A marching band makes its way down 6th Avenue during the 90th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan

Scrat, the squirrel from the Ice Age movie franchise, is pictured left, and right, The Elf on the Shelf balloon in the parade

Poppy, Branch and Guy Diamond from the animated film Trolls fly down the parade route. Brand new this year, each Troll is more than two stories tall with 12 to 14 feet of hair