jon winona
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“The reason I don’t despair is because.. This attack happened, its not a dream. But the aftermath of it, the recovery, is a dream realized, And that is Martin Luther King’s dream.. Whatever barriers we put up are gone, even if its just momentary… We’re judging people by not the color of their skin, but the content of their character. And you know, all this talk about ‘these guys are criminal masterminds. They’ve gotten together, and their extraordinary guile and wit and their skill’, its a lie.
Any fool can blow something up.. Any fool can destroy.. but to see these guys these firefighters and policemen, coming from across the country, literally with buckets, rebuilding, that’s extraordinary.. And that’s why we’ve already won. They cant shut that down. They live in chaos, and chaos cannot sustain itself; it never could, its too easy, and too unsatisfying…
The view from my apartment was the WTC…. And now its gone, and they attacked it. This symbol of American ingenuity, and strength, and labor, and imagination, and commerce. And its gone… But do you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. The view from the south of Manhattan is the Statue of Liberty, and you cant beat that.”
