US troop marking the 9/11 anniversary at Bagram army base
SHOTLIST
1.
Various of
US soldiers marching with US flag
2. Wide of soldiers sitting at ceremony
3. Various of US soldiers laying wreath in memory of the victims of the
September 11, 2001 attacks
4.
Soldiers salute US flag, present arms, during memorial ceremony
5. SOUNDBITE (
English)
General David D. McKiernan,
NATO commander in
Afghanistan:
"Much work still remains and we will continue until all of that work is done. There remain many challenges to winning for a free, secure, viable Afghanistan. War remains a brutal endeavour and mistakes are made, but we remain totally committed to the people of Afghanistan. It is a tough fight, but there's been few efforts so noble and we will not give up until we defeat the enemy and free the men, women and children of Afghanistan from terror and extremism."
6. Various of soldiers observing a moment of silence
7. US flag flying at half mast
8. SOUNDBITE (English)
Private First Class Leverette, first name not given,
US soldier:
"For the victims' families that were lost in the
September 11 attack, I'd just like to let them know that we are over here, we're fighting, we're defending what we stand for and we're gonna come home with pride and justification for, not only the
United States, but for the Afghanistans also."
9. SOUNDBITE (
English) Michael Crawley, US soldier:
"
Fighting terrorism is part of what we have to do, that's what made
9/11. Who wants to fight anyone - no-one really wants to fight, we'd rather we all just got along. But if the only way to ensure freedom is to fight, then there's no better reason to fight the persons or the people from the place in which they originated to bring
peace back to the world."
10. Various of military memorial - boots, rifle and helmet
STORYLINE
The seventh anniversary of the
September 11 attacks on the United States was marked with a solemn ceremony at the
US military base at
Bagram, north of
Kabul, in Afghanistan, on Thursday.
Troops heard
US army General David D. McKiernan, NATO's top commander in the country, say much work remained to be done.
"We will continue until all of that work is done," he said. "There remain many challenges to winning for a free, secure, viable Afghanistan."
He said war remained a "brutal endeavour" and "mistakes are made."
"But we remain totally committed to the people of Afghanistan," he told troops.
"It is a tough fight, but there's been few efforts so noble and we will not give up until we defeat the enemy and free the men, women and children of Afghanistan from terror and extremism."
On
September 11, 2001, hijacked airplanes were crashed into the
World Trade Centre, the
Pentagon and a field in the
State of Pennsylvania, killing almost three thousand people.
One soldier attending the ceremony - Private First Class Leverette - had a message for relatives of the victims of the attacks.
"I'd just like to let them know that we are over here, we're fighting, we're defending what we stand for and we're gonna come home with pride and justification for, not only the United States, but for the Afghanistans also," she said.
"Fighting terrorism is part of what we have to do," said US soldier
Michael Crawley.
"Who wants to fight anyone - no-one really wants to fight, we'd rather we all just got along. But if the only way to ensure freedom is to fight, then there's no better reason to fight the persons or the people from the place in which they originated to bring peace back to the world."
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