:00:05. > :00:09.Tonight at 10pm: The plans being made to deal with a possible fuel
:00:09. > :00:17.crisis. Drivers are told not to panic buy despite advice from
:00:17. > :00:23.government to plan ahead. There is no need to queue to buy petrol but
:00:23. > :00:27.of course, people should take sensible precautions. If there is
:00:27. > :00:31.an opportunity to top up your tank, then it is a sensible thing if you
:00:31. > :00:34.are able to do that. There's no date set for a strike by
:00:34. > :00:39.tanker drivers but some parts of the UK are already having problems.
:00:39. > :00:42.There is no fuel anywhere. livelihood is gone unless I can get
:00:42. > :00:44.to work for. We will have the latest on the
:00:44. > :00:49.contingency plans as ministers are accused of creating a crisis.
:00:49. > :00:53.Also tonight: The NHS in England is said to be forcing women to have
:00:53. > :00:56.two operations if they want to replace faulty breast implants.
:00:56. > :01:01.From Syria, a special report on the support needed by thousands of
:01:01. > :01:06.children traumatised by violence. Surgeons unveil the results of the
:01:06. > :01:09.most extensive facial transplant ever achieved.
:01:09. > :01:19.And the British veterans marking one of the most daring raids of the
:01:19. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:26.Coming up at 10:30pm on the BBC News Channel: A round-up of all the
:01:26. > :01:36.night's Champions' League action, as well as news of Andy Murray at
:01:36. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:48.Good evening. Petrol retailers have accused the government of creating
:01:48. > :01:53.a crisis as they face the possibility of a strike by fuel
:01:53. > :01:58.tanker drivers over the Easter holiday. The government has tonight
:01:58. > :02:00.appealed to motorists to resist panic buying. Earlier today, the
:02:00. > :02:07.Prime Minister had advised motorists to consider topping up
:02:07. > :02:12.just in case. No dates have been set for industrial action, as Hugh
:02:13. > :02:17.Pym reports. There were unusual scenes at
:02:17. > :02:21.filling stations today. At some, there were queues of vehicles and
:02:21. > :02:27.that others, fuels were running out but elsewhere, nothing out of the
:02:27. > :02:31.ordinary. Some drivers were clearly worried. It is ridiculous.
:02:31. > :02:36.Everybody is panic-buying and making it a lot worse. I must get
:02:36. > :02:41.some today because we have hospital appointments to keep. My livelihood
:02:41. > :02:46.is gone unless I can get to work. What was the government response?
:02:46. > :02:54.One Minister's advice was to find a jury can and fill up just in case
:02:54. > :02:57.of a stop -- jerry can. If people have a little bit in my garage as
:02:57. > :03:03.well with eight jerry can, the longer we will be able to keep
:03:03. > :03:07.things going. That idea drew swift condemnation. This is a government
:03:07. > :03:11.trying to create a crisis out of what is a serious concern. I could
:03:11. > :03:14.not believe the news this morning that the government were
:03:14. > :03:23.encouraging people to stockpile fuel. What about the Prime
:03:23. > :03:27.Minister? He was trying to calm the mood. There is no need to queue to
:03:27. > :03:31.buy petrol but people should take sensible precautions and if there
:03:31. > :03:39.is an opportunity to top up your tank, it is the answer boar.
:03:39. > :03:44.Labour leader was under pressure to condemn the proposed strike by the
:03:44. > :03:47.Unite union, Labour's biggest backer. The strike must not happen
:03:47. > :03:52.and the government should not be ramping up the rhetoric but
:03:52. > :03:56.stepping up the negotiation. And so a dispute over safety standards and
:03:56. > :04:00.working conditions in the fuel distribution industry has escalated
:04:00. > :04:05.into a row, which is a big worry for both politicians and drivers.
:04:05. > :04:09.After a day of mixed messages at Westminster, motorists may well be
:04:09. > :04:13.wondering what if anything they should be doing, given that dates
:04:13. > :04:17.for strikes by drivers have not yet been set yet and they may well be
:04:17. > :04:24.asking, what is the state of play with fuel reserves around the UK?
:04:24. > :04:29.Most of the petrol and diesel is produced at UK refineries. The fuel
:04:29. > :04:34.is sent down pipelines to terminals. The government requires the
:04:34. > :04:38.industry to keep 67.5 days of supply in reserve but it still
:04:38. > :04:42.leaves the tanker drivers to get it to the filling stations. Fear of
:04:42. > :04:46.the impact of any strike saw demand for petrol 40% above normal
:04:46. > :04:51.yesterday, but independent filling stations -- at independent filling
:04:51. > :04:57.stations like this one. People are filling up as opposed to putting
:04:57. > :05:01.the usual �5 in, and we are running low but we have a delivery today so
:05:01. > :05:05.it is not causing us great problems at the moment. Ministers hope that
:05:05. > :05:09.seems like this are few and far between and talks between the
:05:09. > :05:17.unions and employers resume soon, but they know that you're, politics
:05:17. > :05:25.and worried drivers can be a toxic mix -- that if you all, politics. -
:05:25. > :05:27.- fuel. What is your take on this? How do
:05:27. > :05:32.you warn the public to take sensible precautions without
:05:32. > :05:36.causing panic? What Downing Street would really like the drivers to do
:05:36. > :05:41.is to fill up their tanks when and if they get the chance. They reckon
:05:41. > :05:46.most of us have our tanks the third for and they think it was better
:05:46. > :05:52.that they were completely full, so if there was a strike, drivers
:05:52. > :05:57.would put less pressure on petrol stations. Contingency buying, not
:05:57. > :06:03.panic buying. But Labour thinks Francis Maude got the balance wrong
:06:03. > :06:06.by saying people should fill up jerry cans because that encourages
:06:06. > :06:10.stockpiling and that could lead to stocks running out and that could
:06:10. > :06:15.make matters worse. At the moment we don't know when and if the
:06:15. > :06:20.strike will take place. There are likely to be talks shortly under
:06:21. > :06:24.the auspices of ACAS. The risk is in the meantime there is the risk
:06:24. > :06:28.of panic-buying, which will make it harder for the government to
:06:28. > :06:31.prepare for a possible strike. Downing Street insisted that
:06:31. > :06:36.Francis Maude's woods have been blown out of proportion but if you
:06:36. > :06:39.speak to ministers, they say they certainly haven't helped -- Francis
:06:39. > :06:42.Maude's words. The way the NHS in England is
:06:42. > :06:46.treating women who have had faulty breast implants flies in the face
:06:46. > :06:49.of common sense according to MPs. At the moment, if private clinics
:06:49. > :06:53.can't or won't help, the NHS will remove but not replace the implants
:06:53. > :06:56.made by the French company PIP. The Commons Health Committee says the
:06:56. > :07:02.women should be offered the option of paying for new ones at the same
:07:02. > :07:07.time. Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh reports.
:07:07. > :07:12.Is this implant a danger? This lab is trying to find out, compared
:07:12. > :07:18.with PIP filler with medical grade silicone. 47,000 British women,
:07:18. > :07:23.most who had PIP! Privately for breast enlargement, need to know.
:07:23. > :07:28.Wales is offering free replacements but elsewhere, the NHS is refusing
:07:28. > :07:32.to replace their implants and is simply offering removal. I don't
:07:32. > :07:35.think it is fair nor do I think it is good medicine to expect a woman
:07:35. > :07:40.who has got a faulty implant, acknowledge that that should be
:07:40. > :07:46.removed, but who wants it replaced, then to go through a second
:07:46. > :07:51.separate surgical procedure. Jane Brown's PIP implants are leaking
:07:51. > :07:57.and she is in pain. She says her only option is to get the NHS to
:07:57. > :08:03.remove them now and save up for private treatment later.
:08:03. > :08:07.operations is always a risk, you know, two general anaesthetics, and
:08:07. > :08:12.ideally the clinics should be doing it for us, removal and replacement
:08:12. > :08:19.without cost. The fact we have to fall back on the NHS is not a good
:08:19. > :08:24.thing. We have discovered this Merseyside hospital broke ranks.
:08:24. > :08:34.The Trust had been removing PIP implants on the NHS and charging
:08:34. > :08:40.
:08:40. > :08:44.It has now stopped for fear it breaches NHS rules. Once the NHS
:08:44. > :08:49.put something in your body, it then had the duty of care that could
:08:49. > :08:53.befall a lifetime, there needs to be civilians to make sure it is OK
:08:53. > :08:57.and there maybe further operations so there are costs to the taxpayer
:08:58. > :09:02.which means that NHS patients with clinical needs wind-up been down
:09:02. > :09:07.the queue and that seems unfair. still don't know whether these
:09:07. > :09:11.implants pose a health risk. The MPs said there was a striking
:09:11. > :09:16.absence of evidence, compounded by uncertainty over the exact nature
:09:16. > :09:20.of the filler that was used inside them. That is why these tests are
:09:20. > :09:25.vital. To see with their PIP implants contain anything which
:09:25. > :09:28.might prompt more women to have them removed.
:09:28. > :09:33.The two British servicemen shot dead by an Afghan soldier on Monday
:09:34. > :09:36.have been named by the Ministry of Defence. Sergeant Luke Taylor of
:09:36. > :09:39.the Royal Marines, and Lance Corporal Michael Foley, of the
:09:39. > :09:47.Adjutant General's Corps, died when the gunman opened fire at the
:09:47. > :09:50.British headquarters at Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province.
:09:50. > :09:52.There is enough evidence to indict President Assad of Syria on charges
:09:52. > :09:58.of crimes against humanity, according to the United Nations'
:09:58. > :10:01.human rights chief Navi Pillay. In a BBC interview filmed last week,
:10:01. > :10:03.Ms Pillay said the Assad regime could end the detentions and stop
:10:03. > :10:13.the killing of civilians immediately simply by issuing an
:10:13. > :10:14.
:10:14. > :10:21.order. Fergal Keane has this In a place we cannot name, with
:10:21. > :10:25.faces we cannot show. This is a kind of therapy for Syria's child
:10:25. > :10:30.survivors. These art lessons organised by activists, for
:10:30. > :10:40.children who can no longer go to school. Some have seen parents
:10:40. > :10:47.dragged away in the night. Others have fled from the bombardment of
:10:47. > :10:52.Homs. If we had stayed, says this boy, the war would have been over
:10:52. > :10:58.our heads. This chart describes being at a
:10:58. > :11:02.march, he won the chanting. -- this child. Hearing that chanting and
:11:02. > :11:06.then the moment that the army opened fire. Now in an exclusive
:11:06. > :11:11.interview, the UN top human rights official have accused the
:11:11. > :11:16.government of deliberately targeting children. They have gone
:11:16. > :11:20.to that children in large numbers, hundreds detained and tortures. I
:11:20. > :11:26.have seen some of the evidence gathered by the commission of
:11:26. > :11:31.inquiry, who spoke with parents and the victims. It is just horrendous.
:11:31. > :11:38.Children shot in the knees, held together with adults in really
:11:38. > :11:42.inhumane conditions, denied medical treatment for their injuries.
:11:42. > :11:48.Syrian government denies the accusations and accuses the High
:11:48. > :11:53.Commissioner of bias. But under international law, does President
:11:53. > :11:57.Assad their command responsibility for crimes against humanity? That
:11:57. > :12:01.is the legal situation. Actually there is enough evidence pointing
:12:01. > :12:09.to the fact that many of these acts committed by the security forces
:12:09. > :12:14.must have received the approval or the complicity at the highest level,
:12:14. > :12:19.because President Assad can issue a single order and release all of
:12:19. > :12:23.these children and stop the killings. Some of Syria's
:12:23. > :12:30.opposition fighters have also been accused of carrying out gross
:12:30. > :12:37.violations of human rights. unequivocally condemn that. Nothing
:12:37. > :12:42.entitles anyone to inflict killings and torture on others.
:12:42. > :12:46.International law absolutely for bids that. But the UN and human
:12:46. > :12:50.rights groups agree most violations are being carried out by the
:12:50. > :12:55.Government's side. Much of what bullets and bombs do to children is
:12:55. > :13:01.simply too distressing to show, and the trauma inflicted on young minds
:13:01. > :13:11.is beyond calculation. In Homs, a freelance cameraman met a boy whose
:13:11. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:36.Is Assad ever going to face justify for -- justice for the atrocities
:13:36. > :13:40.you say he bears responsibility for? There is no statue of
:13:40. > :13:50.limitations. People like him can go on for very long time but one day
:13:50. > :13:50.
:13:50. > :13:55.they will have to face justice. Here in Homs the body of ten-year-
:13:55. > :14:05.old Anas. His grieving mother says he was shot by a sniper. Here, in
:14:05. > :14:09.the heart of war justice is far away.
:14:09. > :14:13.Coming up tonight: The veterans of St Nazaire remember
:14:13. > :14:19.one of the most daring raids of the Second World War.
:14:19. > :14:27.I thought it was going to be a pretty dodgy do, quite frankly, but
:14:27. > :14:30.I never thought for a moment we would never do it, never.
:14:30. > :14:32.The relatively new field of synthetic biology is potentially
:14:32. > :14:34.dangerous and must be stopped, according to environmental groups.
:14:34. > :14:39.The technology, as we reported last night, involves making artificial
:14:39. > :14:42.genes for a range of applications from fuels to medicines. But
:14:42. > :14:47.campaigners warn that tighter controls are needed at a time when
:14:47. > :14:53.the costs of experimenting are becoming cheaper. Our science
:14:53. > :15:00.editor David Shukman reports. In a back street in Manchester a
:15:00. > :15:04.group has gathered to do something unimaginable even a few years ago.
:15:04. > :15:09.These are amateur biologists and they're putting together a machine
:15:09. > :15:15.that makes copies of DNA. A device for playing with the code for life.
:15:15. > :15:21.A step towards ordinary people controlling nature. This is a whole
:15:21. > :15:25.part of a movement of DIY for the normal person so it's garish
:15:25. > :15:29.science, that's what's different about it. It's people coming
:15:29. > :15:34.together that would be tinkering in their own houses. We are curious.
:15:34. > :15:39.This is the stuff that you code life with. It's a big deal.
:15:39. > :15:45.idea is to delve deep into cells to manipulate their DNA and even go a
:15:45. > :15:49.step beyond that, to design new artificial DNA, that's attracting
:15:49. > :15:52.huge interest and the technology is now easier to get hold of. What's
:15:52. > :15:56.happen something highly sophisticated scientific equipment
:15:56. > :16:00.which until recently only institutions could afford is now
:16:00. > :16:06.tumbling in price so anyone working on their own can pick it up off the
:16:06. > :16:12.internet. Here's a DNA synthesiser for well under �1,000. It's a
:16:12. > :16:16.machine that allows you to make artificial genes. For amateurs and
:16:16. > :16:23.a new younger generation of scientists this field offers
:16:23. > :16:28.exciting potential. We engineered a bacteria cell... Harriet made
:16:28. > :16:31.synthetic DNA for bacteria so they can detect parasites in water, a
:16:31. > :16:37.device that could save lives in Africa. It was really exciting to
:16:37. > :16:40.be able to apply synthetic biology to an area that doesn't get a lot
:16:40. > :16:44.of research and they have real problems that need to be solved and
:16:44. > :16:48.here's something we can actually do about that. Scientists and amateurs
:16:48. > :16:52.are trying to create new forms of life to produce everything from
:16:52. > :16:57.fuels to medicines, they say they're being really careful about
:16:57. > :17:01.this synthetic biology but environmental groups and insurers
:17:01. > :17:05.are worried. With synthetic biology there's a concern the pace of
:17:05. > :17:10.change and the uncertainty, the unintended consequences of the
:17:10. > :17:13.research could lead to harmful health and ecological effects in
:17:13. > :17:17.the future. More research is necessary.
:17:17. > :17:27.Back at the evening class and the revolutionary new science. The
:17:27. > :17:30.
:17:30. > :17:33.challenge - making sure its use is positive, and not a danger.
:17:33. > :17:35.In the last few minutes, a jury in Florida has convicted a teenager,
:17:35. > :17:39.Shawn Tyson, of shooting dead two British tourists. James Kouzaris,
:17:39. > :17:44.who was 24, and James Cooper, aged 25, died while on holiday in
:17:44. > :17:49.Sarasota. Our correspondent is outside the court new. Tell us what
:17:49. > :17:55.happened when the verdict came in. Well, the verdict came in just two
:17:55. > :17:58.and a half hours, Shawn Tyson, now 17, was convicted on two counts of
:17:58. > :18:02.first degree murder, witnesses during the trial had told how he
:18:02. > :18:09.had boasted of committing these killings and had told one of his
:18:09. > :18:13.friends to hide the murder weapon. James Cooper and James Kouzaris
:18:13. > :18:17.were university friends here on holiday. They had been drinking and
:18:17. > :18:21.stumbled into a poorer neighbourhood, and in in summing up
:18:21. > :18:24.the prosecution said these were two vulnerable, lost drunk young men
:18:24. > :18:28.who were the victims of an attempted robbery that escalated
:18:28. > :18:38.into a double murder. But tonight the families of the victims here in
:18:38. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:44.Florida have some sort of justice. Thank you very much.
:18:44. > :18:47.The BBC has been told that a police chief at the centre of a major
:18:47. > :18:50.political scandal in China had been in contact with British diplomats
:18:50. > :18:53.before attempting to defect to America. In recent days it's been
:18:53. > :18:55.claimed that the police chief had concerns that the death of a
:18:55. > :19:02.British businessman, Neil Heywood, was not accidental. Damian
:19:02. > :19:06.Grammaticas sent this report from the city of Chongqing.
:19:06. > :19:10.Tonight the scandal that began in this vast and booming metropolis
:19:10. > :19:15.and that's gripping khaoeupb's communist party has a new twist. At
:19:15. > :19:21.the heart of the affair are three men. A rising star in the communist
:19:21. > :19:26.elite sacked this month. A British businessman, now dead.
:19:26. > :19:30.And a police chief who fell out with his boss and ran to foreign
:19:30. > :19:34.diplomats for help, triggering the crisis.
:19:34. > :19:38.Tonight UK Government officials have confirmed to us that the
:19:38. > :19:41.police chief arranged a meeting here with British diplomats at the
:19:41. > :19:46.kopbs hrat in early February. He didn't turn up, though. The next
:19:46. > :19:50.day he fled to the American mission in instead, it's claimed he tried
:19:50. > :19:58.to seek asylum, was turned down and taken away by Chinese security. He
:19:58. > :20:08.hasn't been seen since. One of China's most popular but
:20:08. > :20:13.
:20:13. > :20:16.controversial politicians, it was a huge embarrassment. But the
:20:16. > :20:21.policies earned him enemies. This month he looked tired, under
:20:21. > :20:26.pressure, days later he was sacked. It's ended his hopes of a top job
:20:26. > :20:32.and exposed the party's deep divisions. It leaves the question
:20:32. > :20:34.why did the police chief arrange to meet British diplomats here? One
:20:34. > :20:41.suggestion, he may have had information to pass to them. It's
:20:41. > :20:44.claimed he might have been looking into the death of the Britishman.
:20:44. > :20:48.The official explanation was that Neil Hayward died from excessive
:20:48. > :20:57.drinking, some of his friends have said the death is suspicious. The
:20:57. > :21:03.British Government has asked China to reopen the case.
:21:03. > :21:13.The affair that started here has unleashed infighting among China's
:21:13. > :21:13.
:21:13. > :21:16.elites and no one knows when it will end.
:21:16. > :21:19.The operators of an offshore platform in the North Sea which is
:21:19. > :21:22.leaking gas say there is no immediate concern about the flare
:21:22. > :21:25.that's still buring. All 238 workers were taken off Total's
:21:25. > :21:29.Elgin platform, about 150 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, when the
:21:29. > :21:37.leak was discovered on Sunday. Tonight, the company said wind was
:21:37. > :21:39.blowing the gas plume eastwards, in the opposite direction of the flare.
:21:40. > :21:42.A man who's undergone the most extensive face transplant in
:21:42. > :21:45.medical history is recovering well, according to surgeons. Richard Lee
:21:45. > :21:49.Norris had lived as a recluse for 15 years, after suffering horrific
:21:49. > :21:52.injuries in a gun accident. The techniques used at the University
:21:52. > :21:59.of Maryland are now being studied by military surgeons dealing with
:21:59. > :22:03.casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan, as Jane Hughes reports.
:22:03. > :22:07.It is an astonishing transformation, from a young man with his life
:22:07. > :22:11.ahead of him, Richard Norris went to being so badly disfigured he
:22:11. > :22:15.felt unable to go out without a mask. Now he can look forward to
:22:15. > :22:21.leading a more normal life. Surgeons at the University of
:22:21. > :22:24.Maryland led a team of over 100 medical staff in a a 36-hour
:22:24. > :22:28.operation. They believe it's the most extensive face transplant
:22:28. > :22:33.procedure ever carried out. When he was accidentally shot in the face
:22:33. > :22:39.15 years ago, Richard Norris lost his nose, lips, and most of the
:22:39. > :22:42.movement in his mouth. Surgeons used finely tuned computerised
:22:42. > :22:47.techniques to transplant the bones in his nose and the area around it.
:22:47. > :22:51.They then gave him a new jaw, including teeth as well as a new
:22:51. > :22:56.tongue. And finally, all his soft tissue was replaced right from his
:22:56. > :23:00.hairline to his neck, including nerves and muscles. Six days on he
:23:00. > :23:03.can move his tongue and he can smell for the first time in 15
:23:03. > :23:07.years. We look at the donor and at Richard,
:23:07. > :23:12.obviously it's a blend of two individuals. Clearly, there are
:23:12. > :23:21.some specific features like the nose or maybe the chin, but behind
:23:21. > :23:25.that soft tissue and skeleton it's Richard Norris. This was Isabelle
:23:25. > :23:30.Dinoire in 2005, she made good progress but experts say physical
:23:30. > :23:33.recovery is just the start. surgery of that sort you don't
:23:33. > :23:37.recover quickly and he will have to gradually come to terms with this
:23:37. > :23:41.new thing that he sees in the mirror, which is going to be his
:23:41. > :23:46.face and I hope that he will have the support that enables him to own
:23:46. > :23:49.it, own his face as his face. Doctors funded by the US military
:23:49. > :23:53.have been developing face transplantation techniques for
:23:53. > :23:58.years. The aim is to refine the procedures in order to help injured
:23:58. > :24:08.veterans returning from Afghanistan. For Richard Norris, after 15 years
:24:08. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:12.behind a mask, it means a chance to resume a normal life.
:24:12. > :24:15.Seventy years ago today, British forces took part in one of the most
:24:15. > :24:18.daring raids of the Second World War. It involved ramming a ship
:24:18. > :24:21.packed with explosives into the dock at St Nazaire, on the Atlantic
:24:21. > :24:24.coast of France, which was in German hands. The mission was a
:24:24. > :24:28.success, five Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the party,
:24:28. > :24:36.but 169 British servicemen died in the raid. Our correspondent Gordon
:24:36. > :24:40.Corera joined some of the survivors as they marked the day.
:24:40. > :24:45.70 years on the last handful of survivors gather to remember one of
:24:45. > :24:50.the most daring raids of World War II. An emotional moment for some.
:24:50. > :24:57.It was a battle that was brief and costly. But helped shape the course
:24:57. > :25:02.of the war. From 1941 a huge new German battle ship, the Tirpitz,
:25:02. > :25:07.threatened to menace the Atlantic and Britain's vital supply link.
:25:07. > :25:11.There was only one dry dock on the Atlantic coast large enough to
:25:11. > :25:17.repair the Tirpitz. So, if this dock here at St Nazaire could be
:25:17. > :25:22.destroyed then the Atlantic would be save from the German battle ship.
:25:22. > :25:28.A daredevil plan was devised to destroy these vast gates. An old
:25:28. > :25:37.ship, the Cambleton sailed, disguised with German and with a
:25:37. > :25:43.huge bomb on board, it navigated a six-mile Estuary. It rammed into
:25:43. > :25:47.the dock gates. And then the commandoes jumped off. This 20-
:25:47. > :25:53.year-old's job was to destroy one of the winding houses for the gates.
:25:53. > :25:57.I reported to my Colonel and said, Sir, we have destroyed the northern
:25:57. > :26:03.winding house and we are ready to return to England. What did he say?
:26:03. > :26:08.He then said to me, oh, boy, take a look at the river. Our transport is
:26:08. > :26:12.not available. The small boats the men were supposed to escape on were
:26:12. > :26:21.burning. Within hours, they were arrested. But then ten hours after
:26:21. > :26:26.it crashed the Cambleton, pictured here, finally blew. Success came at
:26:26. > :26:31.a price. Nearly 170 men were killed and today is a chance to remember