FRANCE: TWO BEAMS OF LIGHT RISING ABOVE PARIS SKLINE LIT TO COMMEMORATE THOSE KILLED IN THE U.S. DURING SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS

Record ID: 646730

  • Title: FRANCE: TWO BEAMS OF LIGHT RISING ABOVE PARIS SKLINE LIT TO COMMEMORATE THOSE KILLED IN THE U.S. DURING SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS
  • Date: 12th September 2002
  • Summary: (W8) PARIS, FRANCE (10 SEPTEMBER 2002) (REUTERS) 1. LAS INTERIOR TOWN HALL COURTYARD, PREPARATIONS 0.05 2. MV MEN AT COMPUTER; SCU COMPUTER MONITOR (2 SHOTS) 0.15 3. SLV/LAS BEAMS BEING LIT; PEOPLE WATCHING BEAMS OUTSIDE TOWN HALL (8 SHOTS) 0.57 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMERICAN TOURIST SAYING "I'm quite touched, it's just an amazing thing, I had no idea, on my last night, I'm flying home. I live in New York City, I was there on 9-11, and of course we had the Towers of Light on the sixth month anniversary, and it was so emotional then and to be here in another country and have this response to show the solidarity with what happened, it's just very, very touchy." 1.26 5. SCU/MV AMERICAN COUPLE WATCHING BEAMS 1.37 6. (SOUNDBITE) (French) AMERICAN TOURIST SAYING "I mean, this makes me feel very good in a way that they do us honour like this, and we are wondering what it would be like to be here in France on the anniversary. It's nice to see something here too." 2.02 7. LAS BEAMS OF LIGHT SHINING IN THE SKY; SLV CITY HALL 2.10 8. LAS MAJOR OF PARIS BERTRAND DELANOE AMONG PEOPLE 2.14 9. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BERTRAND DELANOE SAYING "This is a message of solidarity with New York but it is also for all those who believe in universal values in the same way that these lights symbolise life, like the two towers, and that barbarity cannot destroy. Destruction is provisional because those men and women who believe in the values of life are together beyond their differences and build towers that make life more beautiful." 2.42 10. SLV LIGHTS SEEN FROM THE SEINE RIVER (3 SHOTS) 3.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th September 2002 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVAA7HNGEI6ET4U7CVHTF2S715CV
  • Story Text: Two beams of light rising above the Paris skyline have
    been lit to commemorate those killed during the September 11
    attacks.

    To celebrate the memory of those killed during the
    September 11 attacks on the first anniversary of the
    tragedies, the giant beams of light were lit at 22pm local
    time on Tuesday (10 september) in the interior courtyards of
    the Paris town hall.

    The memorial lights, which will stay on until dawn and
    then again during Wednesday night, were created to replicate
    the great beams of light that rose from Ground Zero in New
    York on March 11, the six-month anniversary of the attacks, at
    the site where the World Trade Twin Towers once stood.

    "Tribute of Light", as the New York creation was called,
    shone each night until April 13, and was meant to remember the
    towers and to celebrate the spirit of all the New Yorkers who
    contributed to rebuild and renew the city.

    In Paris, local residents and tourists gathered along
    the streets and the
    Seine river to admire the display.

    "This is a message of solidarity with New York but it is
    also for all those who believe in universal values in the same
    way that these lights symbolise life, like the two towers, and
    that barbarity cannot destroy. Destruction is provisional
    because those men and women who believe in the values of life
    are together beyond their differences and build towers that
    make life more
    beautiful", the major of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, told
    journalists at the town hall.


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