[Fredslist] E. B. White

[Fred Klein]

In his book "Here Is New York", E. B. White wrote in 1949: "The city, for the first time in its long history, is destructible. A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantacy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate millions. The intimation of mortality is part of New York now: in the sound of jets overhead, in the black headlines of the latest edition.                                                              

All dwellers in cities must live with the stubborn fact on annihilation; in New York the fact is somewhat more concentrated because of the concentration of the city itself, and because, of all targets, New York has a certain priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm."

Never again!
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