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Start spreading the News... - New York, Part 1

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You know, there are some cities that really have a tough time. Take New York City for example. It's been hit by so many disasters over the last few decades that it just isn't funny anymore. I mean, Godzilla, King Kong, that Cloverfield Beast, and Hillary Clinton? What more can any city take? And, just when you think it couldn't possibly get any worse, I suddenly get the idea to hop over there! Seriously though, Going to New York had been a dream for me ever since my childhood. The transatlantic route had held a special magic for me from the moment my interest in aviation came to the surface back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was the waning days of big names like Pan Am and Eastern Airlines, whose names had that special ring to it even over here in Europe. It would take until 2011 for me to fulfill this dream. It started, unusually enough, with a major crisis! I had parted ways with my choir,  and gotten caught up in another major crisis in my family. Once again...