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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
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 7 Jun 2002 21:00BBC Radio 4
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