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On September 11, people were shaken, but they quickly calmed down. There was a flash of awareness, which lasted a few fractions of a second. People could feel that something was happening. Then a blanket of silence covered up the crack in our certainty of safety.

French Historian

Born: Dec 25, 1923

Died: Nov 4, 2015

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