"Sadly the chain has been broken now for the Cherry Tree, there are only nine left and I'm devastated, " he said.

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But a court heard visitors were greeted by a muddy field, fairy lights dangling from a tree and a broken ice rink.

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There are still tree limbs pinning down electrical lines and broken telephone poles.

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It reminded her of the glass that was broken in the bombing, that stuck in the sides of the survivor tree, and that made its way between the pages of many of the library's books.

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