fayed and their driver killed in a high-speed crash inside a paris tunnel after being pursued by paparazzi on motorcycles. cnn s jim bittermann covered the crash that fateful night and he joins us live from the crash scene. jim? morning, rene. a bit of reminiscence but for a lot of other people there has been a steady stream of a lot of people over the last 20 years to come this monument which is not a monument to princess diana. it s in fact the torch from the statue of liberty, a replica of the torch erected by the herald tribune years before the days of princess diana. in any case, it s become the monument because we re standing right over the tunnel where the crash took place and where princess diana was so badly injured, she eventually died in a nearby hospital. those days were full of stories, including mystery and suspension, the glamour of the princess, and the incredulity that this kind of thing could
so all you pay for is data. see how much you can save. choose by the gig or unlimited. and ask how to get $200 off the latest devices. xfinity mobile. a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile.com. 4:27 eastern time. a somber anniversary in europe. 20 years ago today princess diana died in a horrific car crash that shocked the world. diana, her boyfriend, and their driver killed in a hay-speed crash inside a paris tunnel after being pursued by paparazzi on motorcycles. cnn s jim bittermann covered the crash that fateful night. he joins us live from the very tunnel where that crash occurred. jim, good morning to you. reporter: good morning. we re right on top of the
wishes with no security at all. and i put my foot down and said that s not going to happen. i ll be going with them. the hotel s acting director of security was henri paul who was off duty that night but was called in to drive dodi and diana s mercedes limo. shortly after midnight, long with trevor rees-jones, they slipped out to the back alley where the limo was waiting and took off. my last memory, noticing a couple of paparazzi vehicles following. paparazzi close in on them like a pack of wolves. they managed to catch them on camera at a nearby stoplight. that s trevor rees-jones riding shotgun with henri paul behind the wheel. so he put the petal to the metal to outrun paparazzi on motorcycles. their mercedes raced toward the entrance of the tunnel. the car was being driven too fast. they were driving close to