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Title: WOW Post by: Cobra6 on September 13, 2001, 10:28:47 pm Did anyone see the changing of the guard today at Buckingham Palace. When they started to play the US National Anthem I thought I was going to lose it. Thank God for country's like England. In times like these you really get to see who your real friends are.From MSNBC
" In London, several hundred people stood somberly outside the gates of Buckingham Palace as the U.S. national anthem was played at a special Changing of the Guard ceremony, followed by a two-minute silence. International insurer Lloyd?s of London rang a bell salvaged from British Frigate HMS Lutine in the 19th century that traditionally signals news of a missing ship, but has been rung to mark other tragedies, like the death of Princess Diana. Across Russia, national flags were lowered to half-staff, under a decree from President Vladimir Putin. Television and radio stations halted their broadcasts and the Cabinet interrupted its weekly meeting for a minute of silence. Finnish radio stations stopped broadcasting at noon, and more than 400 trams and buses in Helsinki stopped for one minute of silence. ?Innocent people were killed, and we showed our respect for them and their families,? said tram driver Mika Savela, 31. Copenhagen city buses also stopped for one minute at noon as part of a nationwide display of ?compassion for the victims, their families and the American people,? said Mads Lebech, chairman of the city bus company. All flags in Turkey and in the breakaway Turkish-Cypriot state were lowered to half-staff Thursday. In Austria, church bells rang for three minutes then fell quiet as people joined in three minutes of silence. Fire trucks sounded their sirens across Poland in the afternoon. Firefighters in Hungary tied black ribbons to their radio aerials in memory of New York firefighters who died in the aftermath of the attacks." Title: Re: WOW Post by: trd_lonelyghost on September 14, 2001, 01:28:39 am wow just reading this almost made me loose it and btw im getting e-mails and hearing all over the radio about the world having a candle light visual on friday the 14th no matter where you r or what your doing we should stop and light a candle in memory of those who passed
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