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Tobagonians are also adding their voices to the July 27th 1990 attempted coup and where they were at the time of the insurrection.

Many told TV6 News it is a day they would never forget. More from Elizabeth Williams.

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00:00I was right in Skybrook on the opposite side.
00:04After May 7th, someone passed in a can.
00:09Tell us, hey, the country under the coup.
00:13Didn't really believe, but when I checked the radio, it was so true.
00:19It was a Friday you can never forget.
00:21I was at home looking at the TV.
00:25When I saw the news flash.
00:30And I said, oh, my.
00:36And from then on, we said, well, we have to pray.
00:40And from then we look on and see what's going on.
00:44The country was taking over.
00:45Mr. Robinson was hostage in the parliament.
00:48I would have been in secondary school at the time.
00:52It would have been first form.
00:54My.
00:56So we saw the news on the TV.
00:59I thought it was a joke.
01:00I was home at the time.
01:02And I was like, well, this is funny because we noticed that.
01:04Before that, we noticed that everything on the TV, we just start having.
01:07Like there was only playing like this.
01:10Like it was funny.
01:11There was playing like, I wouldn't call it Indian, but Muslim.
01:14A lot of Muslim songs or whatever.
01:16And he was like, what's going on with this TV?
01:26But is this country in a better place today after 36 years?
01:31Would you say that we have changed as a country for the better?
01:36Yes.
01:38Change, you see.
01:40Yes.
01:42Bring back the old time days anytime.
01:44People used to live loving with each other when we had nothing.
01:48We were so loving.
01:50Now that technology advanced and people seek material more than anything now.
01:57How do you feel about what happened to Mr. Robinson, especially when they shot him?
02:03That was very unfortunate.
02:04I was feeling sad as I had to be going here.
02:07But God helped him to survive.
02:11Do you think the country is in a better place today?
02:15I don't think so.
02:16Do you say that as a country we are in a better place today?
02:22That's a good question.
02:25I am concerned about a lot of things in regards to the country.
02:28I think our willingness to not stand up and, you know, to do what is right.
02:33Because we have, like, corruption in all levels.
02:36People think corruption is only taking place in high or low.
02:38But they have people who are just on their basic job.
02:41They're not doing what they're supposed to do.
02:43It's stable.
02:44I find it cool.
02:45Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
02:47We are the one to check it out.
02:48We have Russell Foxx.
02:50We've got the right one to get a house.
02:50We have the right two to get it,
02:51and let's get that.
02:51We'll walk in the right one.
02:51We'll walk in the right one.
02:51We've got the right two to get it,
02:51we have the right one to look.
02:51We'll walk in the right two to get it.
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