David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph, Tom Brokaw
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![[On May 18, 1990, the 10th anniversary of the eruption, I stood on the ridge named for David Johnston. Next to me was Tom Brokaw of NBC News. Each of us had finished our respective live shots, and we stood in silence as shafts of sunlight beamed down between darkening clouds over the volcano.] You're lucky, ... I have to head out of here tonight, but you get to live near this mountain. There isn't a place on Earth like it. - Tom Brokaw Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBUb20gQnJva2F3ICAgIA==&num=6 "[On May 18, 1990, the 10th anniversary of the eruption, I stood on the ridge named for David Johnston. Next to me was Tom Brokaw of NBC News. Each of us had finished our respective live shots, and we stood in silence as shafts of sunlight beamed down between darkening clouds over the volcano.] You're lucky, ... I have to head out of here tonight, but you get to live near this mountain. There isn't a place on Earth like it. - Tom Brokaw Quotes")
