I had to turn off the television this evening. The montage Keith Olberman ran at the end of the most important program (news or otherwise) on the tube these days was too much to bear. I am miles from the flames in this odd, flawed, f***ed up, magnificent hometown they named after the winged creatures that do Heaven's bidding here on Earth. But I can smell the loss, the pain, the despair and the destruction. 'My city's in ruins' sang the immortal Boss after 9/11. There was no geographical or biological ownership implied his heartbreaking lament. Asbury Park is as far from Manhattan as Hollywood is from what used to be Lake Arrowhead. But you see, there are two cities in America � and only two � that belong to everyone. New York and Los Angeles. - more on this story

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