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A Ruin Running to the Horizon

Alistair Cooke reflects on the wreckage of the Twin Towers, a vast canyon in the heart of Manhattan and how the ramifications of 9/11 stretch from school children to horse racing.

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Fri 7 Jun 2002 21:00
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