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New York, USA, Sep 11 (EFE).- (Camera: Will Oliver) The commemorations for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York began Saturday with a solemn ceremony at the site of the Twin Towers.It was attended by some of the relatives of the nearly 3,000 victims, as well as the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.FOOTAGE OF THE CEREMONY IN NY.
New York, Sep 10 (EFE/EPA).- The philosophy of Joe McKay, a retired firefighter who experienced first-hand the "apocalyptic" tragedy of the 9/11 attacks in New York, is to always do something nice for people."Do something nice for someone else every day, and never forget," he said, despite the health problems that he has carried since, trying to maintain the same optimism with which the city looks to the future while keeping memories alive.The city is preparing to commemorate Saturday the 20th anniversary of 9/11, with events and tributes led by the ceremony at Ground Zero, where, with limited access to relatives of victims and survivors, the names of the nearly 3,000 victims will be read.The square, where the 9/11 Museum and its famous Memorial are located today and is made up of two enclosures with waterfalls that fall into the void left by the Twin Towers, will then reopen to the public. At nightfall the usual "Tribute of Lights" will be held there, in which two huge beams of light rise toward the sky in the place previously occupied by skyscrapers, and as a novelty this year the main monuments of the city, including the Empire State Building.The city will deploy thousands of police officers, bomb detection units and trained dogs during the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with the aim of preventing a new attack, despite authorities saying there is no specific threat. (Camera: WILL OLIVER).B-ROLL OF THE 9/11 MEMORIAL AT GROUND ZERO IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.SOUND BITES: JOE MCKAY, A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER WHO JOINED THE EMERGENCY TASKS DURING THE 9/11 ATTACKS IN NEW YORK (IN ENGLISH).
Conakry, Sep 6 (EFE/EPA).- The President of Guinea-Conakry Alpha Conde, detained on Sunday in a coup d’etat staged by the military, is being forced to step down after 11 years in office, which saw him fall from grace as a hardened democrat to an autocrat desperately clinging to power.Conde insisted on retaining the presidential seat by calling for a referendum that allowed him to change the constitution and run for a third term, overcoming the constitutional limit of two terms that would have ended his tenure on December 21, 2020.His detractors organized protests to condemn his actions before a brutal clampdown killed at least 50 people, according to Amnesty International. The opposition claims there were more than 90 fatalities. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: GUINEAN SPECIAL FORCES CELEBRATE WITH GUINEANS WAVING THE NATIONAL FLAG DURING CELEBRATIONS AT THE PALACE OF THE PEOPLE IN CONAKRY, GUINEA.
New York, Sep 6 (EFE) (Camera: Helen Cook) .- It is undeniable that New York continues to shake every time it remembers the 9/11 attack and the nearly 3,000 people who died two decades ago, but the city has also known to look to the future and rebuild almost completely after the terrorist attack that changed the world. FOOTAGE OF ZONE ZERO AND NEW YORK SKYSCRAPERS.SOUNDBITES BY SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM DIRECTOR CAROL WILLIS AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS EXPERT JEFF SCHLEGELMILCH
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