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He was able to do all that and much more. watch this. >> nearly 300,000 celebrants jam times square to watch a globe. >> ever since the tradition began in 1907, people all around the world say -- >> i want to go to new york and see the ball drop in times square. >> 15-year-old taylor is battling a kidney failure disease. sg >> i wanted to go because my classmates are going. i couldn't go. so i wanted to go with my family. >> today the california teenager's wish came true. taylor and his family are in new york city thanks to the make a wish foundation. they began their adventure on a high note....

Ball ceremony was in 1907. eric: it is native 2,000 triangle crystals the company gets before the new year. lea: handcuffs for the guys. >> i was hoping for that. >> ring in the new year the right way. >> people make their new year's resolutions and don't know how to enact them so try to figure out exactly how to do it, they want to get healthy and one of the top google questions this year was how to make carol cit says. >> probably thought i'd better eat some more vegetables. how do i make them? >> how to write a resignation letter. >> note new year's resolution, michael says i will strive to...

Over 180 million americans and over one million people around the world as we count down the final seconds. there's no other moment like it where the world truly comes together as one. >> the ball drop has been a celebrated tradition in new york since 1907. with the new year just hours away, many russians have decided they want to spend the entire year with their president. january, february, june, july, november, december, you get the picture? the calendar, matthew chance has that. ♪ >> translator: for fans of vladimir putin, there's no shortage of stuff with the russian president's image a...

We're ready for it. we're prepping a little bit here. >> you know who else is prepping, leah gabrielle. she joins us live from the roof of 1 times square. have you snuck a chance to flip on the lights on the giant ball yet. >> nobody will notice. >> i'm hearing it might cause some problems if i were to do that. >> it could, but, hey, new zealand got one up on us. >> rogue. >> get it started for us. >> reporter: all right, guys. i did have a little bit of a problem hearing you. i heard people have been camping out for this event. i have been camped out by the ball. the first new year's eve cele...

Seconds. there's no other moment like it. >> our richard quest gives us an inside look at the tradition in a will be turning 108 years old. >> reporter: a few floors below the times square ball, it's an unassuming room, but there is where the power resides. and this is the mechanism that starts the whole thing off. some great and good dignitary puts their hands on the ball and it all begins. new york's new year's eve ball drop has been a celebrated tradition since 1907. the ball has been through many it rations, and it's still considered the universal symbol of the new year across the