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11am GMT today there was a three-minute silence across Europe, in memory of the
victims of Tuesday's terrorist attack in New York.
I went along to Albert Square, as I guessed people would gather in front of Manchester
Town Hall.
I arrived at around seven minutes to eleven, to find a small crowd already waiting.
Over the next few minutes, people appeared from the surrounding streets, and gradually
the Square filled.
The leader of the City Council and others appeared on the front steps of the Town
Hall. Slowly, Manchester came to a standstill. Drivers stopped their vehicles
on the surrounding roads, many getting out to stand beside.
At exactly eleven o'clock, a shot rang out, signalling the beginning of the three
minutes. In the first couple of seconds I took the three photographs that you
see here.
I don't think I've ever heard central Manchester so quiet... It was a moving experience.
I'm glad Britain has supported the US throughout this and also that George Bush
has kept his cool. I think many people here in Europe were truly fearful of what
might happen in the days after the attack.
I hope some good will come out of this hideous crime. Though there can be never
be any justification for it.
In Europe and Britain we've got used to terrorist incidents, though nothing as
major as this (which is also Britain's greatest loss of life due to terrorism).
Personally, I was in East London and witnessed the explosion when Canary Wharf
was bombed in 1996. After Oklahoma City and Manhattan, America is only now coming
to terms with such things and will never be quite the same again.
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