A scene from The Towering Inferno 1974
James Duncan William Holden

(James Duncan and Patty Duncan Simmons meet and embrace for the first time since being rescued, presumably after Patty has identified Roger Simmons' body)

I didn't want you to see him.

(Patty sobs uncontrollably and embraces her father)

You know, there's nothing any of us can do to bring back the dead but.....(pauses and gazes back up at the smoking tower)..all I can do now is pray to God, that I can stop this from ever happening again.

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Now you know there's no sure way for us to fight a fire in any place above the seventh floor, but you guys just keep building them as high as you can. For what it's worth, Architect, this is one building that I figured wouldn't burn. When there's a fire, I outrank everybody here.
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