Residents of Misrata reclaim their city after months of violent conflict in Libya. See more at http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00The residents of Misrata came out as families, fathers with their young daughters, mothers
00:10with their toddler sons, to survey with their own eyes what had become of their city.
00:15By word of mouth, they descended on Tripoli Street, the epicenter of the punishing fight
00:19between ragtag rebels and forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
00:24Rebels expected Gaddafi's forces from the western city after fierce street battles,
00:29pushing the front lines in a sweeping arc around the port city and giving civilians
00:33much-needed breathing room.
00:35People picked up baby strollers and carried them over the piles of shell casings littering
00:39the pavement, steering them around sand berms and burnt-out tanks blocking the sidewalks.
00:45They snapped pictures of their children in front of the shattered facades and surveyed
00:49a curbside collection of shrapnel and ammunition Gaddafi's troops used in their failed attempt
00:54to pound the city into submission.
00:56At heart, they were paying their respects to their brothers, their sons, their neighbors
01:01who had died defending Misrata, but they were also, quite simply, reclaiming their city.