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...so much so that I named my latest boat "Normandie" after the most beautiful of transatlantic liners. I'm typing this aboard her now. 
My family visited NYC in 1977 (for me, it was the first time in NYC). I was 12 and bee-lined it to the superpiers off 48th St (causing consternation with my Mom, since I ventured off on my own 
). I went to Pier 88, where Normandie met her fate in 1942. I approached a PA cop, breathlessly asked him where Normandie was (he took my statement to be in the present-tense?). He said to me, "Son, Normandie's been gone for over 30 years!" I caught my breath, and thanked him.
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