And again, the empty space that was, I now saw and admitted… - Teju Cole

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And again, the empty space that was, I now saw and admitted, the obvious: the ruins of the World Trade Center. The place had become a metonym of its disaster.

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Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian.

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