But I had just gotten out of elevator and just made a right turn into a hallway going towards my office, and that is when the first plane hit, and I believe, not exactly sure, but the flames went through elevator shaft, engulfed me.

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Yes, it's a free country, and Clifford Odets had a perfect right to sell himself to the highest bidder, just as we in turn have a right to roll our eyes when Charlie throws himself a pity party onstage.

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So now I clip the wallet with my middle and index fingers, and as I close the jacket and turn you to the right it just slides out.

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But hey, let's not take this too seriously for now -- all this could turn out to be just a much belated April Fools' prank, right?

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Last year I experienced a physical condition which made it difficult and sometimes impossible to turn my head to the right and only through an intense effort could I just barely see out of my right eye.

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