Carolina QuotesThere it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.
Howard Cosell Carolinian
Source
October 12, 1977, reporting a school fire (initially mistaken as a tenement fire), while announcing Game 2 of the 1977 World Series. This comment, while widely attributed to Cosell, was never made.
- year
- 1977
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“There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.” Howard Cosell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-3D7477D578. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/3d7477d578
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