It is not the biggest, not by a long shot.
But the Empire State Building was the tallest in the world
for its moment
which lasted forty years.
Now, as you climb, you will become ragged,
taking fateful breath after breath
reaching ever higher
only to reach the eighty sixth floor,
only the chin of the sky,
where you can see higher than ever before:
as far as eighty miles away.

Later, you can go to the World Trade Center,
reaching loftier heights through easier means.
That will not mean as much as now
when you have, by your own power,
witnessed the majesty of the city.

You may collapse now.
It is worth it.