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Manhattan before 911

Winner from Picture of the Week --- by AVWEB

Text copied from AVWEB:

    "The winning picture of the week image for September 27, 2001 - AVweb's first weekly contest - was submitted by Carlos Urbizu, of Tampa, Fla., who uploaded a memorable image of the New York City skyline taken while flying the Hudson River VFR Corridor just eight days before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. ...."

   
America the Beautiful
by Katherine Lee Bates
3rd stanza

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self
Their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine!
   

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