Pope visits Ground Zero

Pope Benedict XVI has begun to wrap up his US visit with a tour of Ground Zero in New York. Arriving at 09:38 local time [13:38 GMT], the pope arrived in his Pope-mobile to give his blessing and offer prayers to victims of 9/11. Sky News and the BBC cut into proceedings at 09:35 local time. Both stations covered events for nearly twenty minutes. But CNN International did not start did not start broadcasting Live pictures from the scene of America’s worst terrorist attack until 09:59. But by the time CNN started coverage, the proceedings ended and the Pope was seen to leave shortly afterwards [CNN]