"Here two buildings fell. Here a nation rose."
Wouldn't be surprised if Peggy Noonan wrote that.
Wouldn't be surprised if Peggy Noonan wrote that.
Good call. That was a Reagan character line if I've ever heard one. It had that feel of "slipped the bonds of earth to touch the face of God"..it was a stunning line.
"Here two buildings fell. Here a nation rose."
Whoever wrote it, that is a line that will be part of NYC history for the next 300 years or more.
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