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BBC News's Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg played a moving piano piece, accompanied by a video montage
Transcript
00:00 3, 2, 1, go tape!
00:02 Good evening and welcome to the 6 o'clock news.
00:06 Good evening and welcome to the BBC's News at Six.
00:12 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
00:34 And I just want to say it's good to be back with you.
00:37 That's all from the BBC's News at Six, so it's goodbye from me.
00:40 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
00:48 This is where the house...
00:50 Eh?
00:52 Oh, that's nice.
00:54 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
01:00 OK, you get the water from here, then I'll do that.
01:03 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
01:19 I asked her what she wanted from life, a job, she said,
01:23 so I can look after little Petty.
01:25 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
01:33 We took those we could manage to the French military hospital.
01:36 At times like this, it's impossible not to cross the line
01:39 that divides us, the observers, and those we observe.
01:43 Somewhere in here is me.
01:45 Go on. Yes.
01:48 Well done!
01:51 APPLAUSE
01:53 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
02:02 This is where I was born.
02:04 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
02:07 Come, Seth, can we go and talk somewhere?
02:10 That house, number 10, 2nd Avenue,
02:13 every morning we'd get into a car,
02:16 into my dad's Mercedes, and off we'd go to school.
02:20 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
02:26 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
02:32 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
02:39 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
02:45 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
02:51 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
02:57 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
03:03 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
03:09 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
03:15 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
03:18 Actually, when I look back, I look to my journey,
03:21 where it all started,
03:23 looked at the family I had,
03:26 the opportunities my family had,
03:29 and the great good fortune to bump into Fran,
03:33 who's now been my wife and lover for all these years.
03:37 The kids that we brought up,
03:40 I've got to a place where I can see life as a gift.
03:44 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
03:50 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
03:56 MUSIC: 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
04:02 MUSIC FADES
04:05 .
04:06 .
04:07 .
04:08 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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