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Cities Around The World Mark Paris Attacks With Lighting Displays

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San Francisco's City Hall is illuminated in blue, white and red in San Francisco, California on November 14, 2015, one day after the Paris terrorist attacks. Stirring renditions of 'La Marseillaise' rang out from Dublin to New York as global landmarks were bathed in the French colors and thousands marched in solidarity with Paris after attacks that left at least 129 dead. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
San Francisco's City Hall is illuminated in blue, white and red in San Francisco, California on November 14, 2015, one day after the Paris terrorist attacks. Stirring renditions of 'La Marseillaise' rang out from Dublin to New York as global landmarks were bathed in the French colors and thousands marched in solidarity with Paris after attacks that left at least 129 dead. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)

From the Empire State Building in New York City to the Omni Hotel in Dallas, buildings around the world displayed different patterns of blue, white and red after the attacks in Paris on Friday. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson looks at the set-up involved for such designs with Len Schnabel, owner of the lighting firm Design Light.

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This segment aired on November 17, 2015.

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