I was stuck in a meeting which I couldn't get out of and the electricity went out in the building. And we were trapped on the 38th floor. And the telephone system blew too.

— Joe Fox (Tom Hanks)

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16 seconds sound clip from the You've Got Mail movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:14:37.693 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Anyway, I so wanted to talk to you.

- I hope you have a good reason for not being there last night. You don't seem like the kind of person that would do something like that.

- The odd thing about this form of communication is that you're more likely to talk about nothing than something, but I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings. So, thanks.

- Goodbye.

- I am in... Vancouver.

- I was stuck in a meeting which I couldn't get out of and the electricity went out in the building. And we were trapped on the 38th floor. And the telephone system blew too.

- Amazingly enough.

- Dear friend, I cannot tell you what happened last night. But I beg you from the bottom of my heart to forgive me for not being there.

- For what happened.

- I feel terrible that you found yourself in a situation that caused you additional pain.

[...]

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