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NO SWIMMING ALLOWED by Peter Nolan Smith

September 9, 2024 – 10:12 am

The weather forecast predicted a sultry summer day for September 7, 2001. My friend Alia had transported a Porsche Boxer from the UK and her high-octane convertible awaited clearance at the Newark Customs. The British diplomat asked me to accompany her to the Jersey docks and I agreed on the stipulation that we drove the […]

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September 10, 2001

September 10, 2021 – 12:15 pm

I remember 9/10/2001. It rained all day in New York. The day before I had almost gone swimming at Lake Awosting, except the park ranger blocked the path to the old granite swimming hole. No one was allowed in the lake after Labor Day to avoid legal problems. There was no one swimming at the […]

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