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Remembering the fallen

2011-09-10 70 Dailymotion

Row after row of hand-made crosses and American flags.<br/> They line the front law of a California firefighter, who spent over 1,000 hours making this memorial to the victims of the September 11 terror attacks.<br/> On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the tragedy, Scott Townley says it's important for people not to forget what happened.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (English) FIREFIGHTER SCOTT TOWNLEY:<br/> "It's so far away from us here on the West coast, it's 3000 miles away, that I needed to bring it home, I needed to bring it to the West Coast where people could remember it, see it, learn from it."<br/> Townely painstaking crafted 417 wooden crosses - one for each of the firefighters and police officers who died in the atacks.<br/> He also carved a large cross dedicated to the civilians who perished.<br/> One man, who lost a friend in the attack, visited the memorial.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (English) ADAM LEITER<br/> "Well, I just don't want people to forget, people forget too easily. I just want everybody to remember. They're real people with real families, and they gave up a lot, so people need to remember."<br/> Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David Cameron says terrori attacks remain a "poisonous cancer."<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON<br/> "We've done a huge amount to degrade and knock-back al Qaeda, including getting rid of Osama bin Laden, and we no longer have a terrorist-supporting regime in Afghanistan. But it's more dangerous in regard to the fact that there are still countries like Yemen and Somalia where there are real problems of terrorism and a huge still problem of Islamic extremism."<br/> A series of memorials, including one in New York, are expected across the United States on Sunday.<br/> Andrew Raven, Reuters

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