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I love you... That is what they were all saying down their phones, from the hijacked… — Ian McEwan

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I love you... That is what they were all saying down their phones, from the hijacked planes and the burning towers. There is only love, and then oblivion. Love was all they had to set against the hatred of their murderers.

Ian McEwan
2001
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On the last messages received from those trapped in the Twin Towers on 9/11.

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September 11thTerrorism
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Newspaper
Time
2001
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Ian McEwan
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McEwan, Ian. "Love and then Oblivion. Love was all they had against their murderers." The Guardian, 15 Sept. 2001.

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