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Music It's noon on September 11, 1973, in Santiago, Chile.

A Chilean army officer hustles across a deserted public square at the head of a squad of soldiers.

Usually, Chile's capital city would be packed with workers enjoying a long lunch, but not today.

Instead, the officer, his men, and hundreds of others like them are making their way

through the eerily quiet streets on an extraordinary mission.

They're going to overthrow the government.

Only a few hours ago, the Chilean armed forces launched a coup to depose the country's

democratically elected president Salvador Allende.

But President Ayende refused to resign.

So now the generals behind the coup are applying pressure.

Their troops are launching a direct assault on the president's offices in La Moneta Palace.

As the army officer reaches the edge of the square, a bullet ricochets off the ground near his

feet. The officer dives into a shot doorway and peers around the corner trying to get a clear

view of the palace, but as he tries to find where the gunshot came from,

another bullet breaks the shop's window. The officer jerks his head back. Snipers and the

palace are taking shots at him. He frantically signals the soldiers behind him to find cover.

But as the officer considers his next moves, the rhythmic drone of a helicopter echoes across the square.

The officer risks another glance out of the doorway and spots gunships flying low over Santiago's rooftops, speeding toward the palace.

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