SALISBURY CARRIES ON AMID SPY POISONING DRAMA
\n --SUPERS--\n0:41 - 0:50\nLorna Matthews-Keel\nSalisbury Tour Guide\n\n --LEAD IN--\nIT'S MORE THAN A WEEK IN AND QUESTIONS ARE STILL SWIRLING OVER HOW AND WHY A FORMER RUSSIAN SPY AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE POISONED IN THE CATHEDRAL CITY OF SALISBURY IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND. \nSERGEI SKRIPAL AND HIS DAUGHTER YULIA REMAIN HOSPITALIZED IN "VERY SERIOUS CONDITION."\nTHE CITY OF SALISBURY IS STILL COMING TO GRIPS WITH WHAT HAPPENED--\nAND WHETHER THE POISON IS STILL A THREAT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. \nCNN'S PHIL BLACK HAS THEIR STORY. \n\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nTHROUGH A MISTY MORNING ON THE SALISBURY PLAIN THE ANCIENT MONOLITHS OF STONEHENGE STAND IMPOSINGLY, DEFYING AGE AND UNDERSTANDING.\nNEARBY, THE SPIRE OF SALISBURY'S MEDIVAL CATHEDRAL SOARS ABOVE THE HORIZON LONG BEFORE YOU REACH THE CITY'S OUTSKIRTS.\nCENTURIES OF FAITH, AMBITION AND CONFLICT HAVE MARKED THIS LAND IN POWERFUL WAYS.\nTHE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE STRETCHES BACK HOW MANY CENTURIES. \nLorna Matthews-Keel, Tour Guide"Eight. Eight hundred years. We know exactly when it started."\nLORNA MATTHEWS-KEEL GUIDES VISITORS THROUGH THE PAST. SHE KNOWS SALISBURY'S STORY HAS RECENTLY SWUNG DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST WEEK.\nLorna Matthews-Keel, Tour Guide "I think we're aware that a profound thing has happened. But I also think we're aware that history is in the making all the time."\nSALISBURY'S NEW WORLD FAMOUS LANDMARKS ARE NOTABLE FOR BEING EXCEPTIONALLY ORDINARY. AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT. A RIVERSIDE PUB.\nAND A PARK BENCH, HIDDEN FROM VIEW BY POLICE WHO ARE TRYING TO WORK OUT HOW A FORMER RUSSIAN SPY AND HIS DAUGHTER CAME TO COLLAPSE HERE, \nSTRUCK DOWN BY A NERVE AGENT FIRST DEVELOPED BY THE SOVIET UNION DURING THE COLD WAR <pi></pi>\nMANY OF SALISBURY'S RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED THROUGH INTERESTING TIMES. SOME OF THE LADIES IN THIS OVER 70'S FITNESS CLASS HAVE KNOWN WORLD WAR.\nTHEY'VE ALL EXPERIENCED DECADES OF PROFOUND SOCIAL CHANGE. AND THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, SALISBURY HAS REMAINED A REFUGE FROM THE WORLD'S VIOLENT EXCESSES - UNTIL NOW.\nPhil Black, CNN International Correspondent "When you think of Salisbury, what do you think of?" \n"Peace. Quiet. The cathedral of course." "Not Russian spies." "Not usually." "Chemical weapons?" "Not really. No."\nWOMEN LIKE ELLEN WEEKS AREN'T EASILY SHOCKED.\nEllen Weeks, Salisbury Resident "I am 92 years old so I have.. you know..." "You've seen a few things." "Yeah.." "But nothing quite like this before?" "Not quite like this no."\nHOW DO YOU THINK THE TOWN IS RESPONDING? \n"I think we're responding very well, the Salisbury people. We're a very sturdy lot."\nTHE SALISBURY PEOPLE ARE USED TO LIVING ALONGSIDE THE MILITARY - THERE'S A NUMBER OF DEFENSE FACILITIES ONLY A SHORT DRIVE FROM TOWN, INCLUDING THE PORTON DOWN SCIENCE LAB WHERE THE NERVE AGENT WAS STUDIED AND IDENTIFIED.\nBUT IN RECENT DAYS THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING SOLDIERS IN A VERY DIFFERENT CONTEXT.\nON THEIR OWN STREETS, DRESSED IN FULL HAZMAT KIT, DEALING WITH POTENTIAL NERVE AGENT CONTAMINATION.\nAT THE LOCAL MARKET, A FEW MINUTES WALK FROM WHERE SERGEI AND JULIA SKRIPAL COLLAPSED, BUSINESS IS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN NORMAL.\nBUT EVERYONE WE MEET TALKS ABOUT THEIR DETERMINATION TO STAY UNFAZED AND CARRY ON.\nPREFERABLY WITH A LITTLE GOOD HUMOR.\n"I won't need any meat for a month" "Ha! It's all nerve agent free."\nPHIL BLACK CNN, SALISBURY, ENGLAND\n\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nSERGEI JULIA SKRIPAL NERVE AGENT RUSSIA ENGLAND SALISBURY \n\n