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Ladder 49

The memorial statue as movie. From Joaquin Phoenix, as a family man and firefighter, to John Travolta, as his barking crew chief, to every firefighter down the line,
these are all buff, burly men of honor – real-life action heroes with all the humanity of a piece of plastic. Technically it has nothing to do with the events of Sept. 11 but I can imagine it playing on a continuous loop at ground zero.

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