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Image of Yasin Abu Bakr surrendering to Trinidad and Tobago regiment forces in 1990, compiled using Canva elements and screenshots from footage filmed by Walt Lovelace and used with permission. Every Trinbagonian has a coup story. During the “summer holidays” of 1990, I interned at Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT), the state-owned — and only — television broadcaster in the country at the time. I walked into the station on Friday, July 27 like it was a normal day. Looking back on it 32 years later, I cannot point to anything tangible that suggested things would careen so wildly off course. …