Jul. 8th, 2003

pseydtonne: Behold the Operator, speaking into a 1930s headset with its large mouthpiece. (Default)
I was watching a special about the Twin Towers -- how they were built, how a Frenchman walked across the gap on a tightrope and how another scaled the taller one with climbing gear he designed himself, how they were home to their own zip code (10048) and one of the largest transit concourses in the nation.

The documentary interviewed the director of the World Trade Center. He hired the architect, he ran day-to-day operations from an office on the 63rd floor of one tower, he savored each opportunity to give new facets to the career of his buildings. He was all smiles, but some part of him seemed very sad to see his life's duty destroyed within his lifetime.

[livejournal.com profile] chaggalagirl noticed how into this program I was. "Of all the people I've talked to, you're the most into what happened." I hadn't thought of it that way. Now I have. )

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