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Sunday, September 11, 2011

The Skies Shed Tears During Paris Commemoration of 911 Attacks 

posted by Erik @ 23:20


During the tenth anniversary commemoration of the 9-11 attacks in Trocadéro square in Paris across from the Eiffel Tower (the second largest 911 commemoration in the world next to those in Manhattan itself, according to the organizers in The French Will Never Forget association), Grace Weber and Blaine Krauss sing America the Beautiful under Jean-Pierre Heim's recreation of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers before doves are released into the skies.







The hero of the day was Tony Benetatos, the FDNY firefighter featured in the Naudet brothers' "9/11" documentary, who was given several medals, including one by U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin.



Eventually, the rains stopped, the sky got lighter, and the sun came out and that night, a concert took place under a full moon…



















See also:
The America-Bashers' Use of Symbolism on September 11

• Personal Memories of September 11, 2001, in Paris

The Legend of the Squandered Sympathy

• Looking Over TV Shows Inspired by 9-11, Le Monde Discovers (Surprise!) "a Culture of Fear"

Still Looking for "Another" September 11th?

• André Glucksmann: Bin Laden Is Gone, Not The Strategy of Radical Hatred Without Quarter

Le Monde's 911 Commemorations

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