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"How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass an..." — Philippe Petit
How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass and concrete fell down, when actually they took with them thousands of human lives? That is the actual tragedy. But those towers were almost human for me. I was in love with them, and that's why I married them with a tight rope.
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