This morning my assistant told me that a building had collapsed in New York City. Being in the insurance industry, my immediate thoughts were "do we write that?" followed shortly by "damn, I hope that this isn't a big deal - I am looking forward to a good bonus this year..."
What I learned, which you can read for yourself here, was that it was an apartment building on the Upper East Side that contained a few doctors offices and a hair salon. A few injuries, but nothing bad as of yet.
But the key quote is from Larry King, who just happened to be on the scene.
"I saw a lot of smoke, people scurrying everywhere," CNN talk show host Larry King, who happened to be on the scene, told reporters. "There was one huge boom. ... It sounded like a bombing would sound, like the bombing of London in World War Two."
The last time I checked, Larry isn't British, and wasn't in London during the Blitz. I can appreciate his attempt at a correllary to describe the sound to those who have never heard an explosion before, but really - for that to work, you have to compare it to the sound of something of which most people can identify....London bombing. Come on Larry.
2 comments:
I completely understand your point. Hell, I even agree with you.
However, I can't help but be relieved that New Yorker Larry King tried hard to come up with a simile that didn't include the phrase Now More Than Ever (tm), if you know what I mean.
P.S.-- Welcome to the Dark Side. Worrying about all those poor, innocent premiums. You are evil. And that's okay.
P.P.S. -- Why is Larry King so damn creepy looking?
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