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To: AppyPappy
They ran up the stairs, not down, they went into it and not out of it. They didn't flee, they charged.

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The pieces of the towers that are left, that still stand, look like pieces of a cathedral. Keep some of it. Make it part of a memorial. And at the center of it--not a part of it but at the heart of it--bronze statues of firemen looking up with awe and resolution at what they faced. And have them grabbing their helmets and gear as if they were running toward it, as if they are running in.

-- Peggy Noonan

254 posted on 10/04/2001 9:48:51 PM PDT by Interesting Times
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To: Interesting Times
Peggy's entire essay is a beautiful tribute to the members of the FDNY, including our own BCM.

Peggy Noonan: Courage Under Fire

259 posted on 10/04/2001 10:07:41 PM PDT by kayak
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