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  What he must have thought as the freighter approached the Manhattan skyline. The plan had been in place for months, maybe years. He must have considered his parents, three brothers and two sisters as the ship docked. But the time was now, probably his one and only chance. His name was Cin. The year was 1999.                     Early Tuesday morning, the day after the Columbus Day long weekend, Ellen and I hit the sidewalk and entered the mass...