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September 11, 2007

Dear New York,

We've been together a long time and although I'm terribly unfaithful, you always welcome me back with open arms because you know no matter how many states I've slept in, I'm yours. And truth be told, I love you. You're my city - center of the universe - and there will never be another to take your place in my heart. DC and Maine were fun, North Carolina's been good to me, and I'll never forget the college years in Boston.. but New York - you ROCK my world! You'll always be home.

Two years ago I composed an OpEd to commemorate the fourth anniversary of September 11 - the very worst side of humanity I've experienced. I wrote about how many people my town lost, the courage of firefighters and policemen, and how the terrorists may have taken down our towers, but they ...

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