Brit Reacts to The Night Osama Bin Laden Was Killed May 1, 2011

The Night Osama Bin Laden Was Killed May 1, 2011 Reaction
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[@lout3921]

Us Americans might argue and fight with each other like siblings. But we will unite as one through the worst of times.

[@Otisbear480]

I am not sure the current group of citizens care that much about the us

[@scottbivins4758]

​@@Otisbear480nah bro we still got them its just government dividing people. We can come together i know its hard to see but i think we can come together still

[@SwarmerGaming]

​@@scottbivins4758 yeah, the only one that gets to bully us, is us.

[@scottbivins4758]

@@SwarmerGaming u damn right you a Yankee?

[@SwarmerGaming]

@@scottbivins4758 Texan and proud.

[@sportsmom165]

Something you might not be aware of but the last plane was brought down by the passengers & it crashed in Pennsylvania. That both a Pennsylvania team & New York team were the only teams playing that night, makes it even sweeter.

[@boldtaa]

Philly was also the first US capital and the stadium has a large Liberty Bell sign in the outfield.

[@diner3gmail]

lol Big Deal!!

[@diner3gmail]

@@boldtaa Big Deal!

[@acupofhappy]

someone in a different video pointed out that the news broke in the 9th inning when the score was 1-1. just wow.

[@julieenslow5915]

I think the Brits felt it too. I know the Canadians did - they were there to help us on the day of 9/11. God bless the Queen for her reaction when the news came out. She had her band go out in front of Buckingham Palace and play the American national anthem. For an American - for those of us who were working adults when 9/11 happened - it is hard to explain how this hit us. It was ten years after the fact, but we always knew that there were searchers out there. So we waited for the news and focused on the business at hand, trying to not think about it. Until it was time to think about it. And this is when it was time.

[@toyahmachelle]

I remember.

[@Secretagent71114]

Something I'll never forget: There's a 9/11 special that airs containing an interview with Condoleezza Rice about 9/11 and everything she did from the White House etc. When we realized it was an attack and started mobilizing all defenses, this caused mobilization of Russian defenses, which caused the need for more American defenses to go up against the Russian mobilizarion, still active protocols etc. on both sides from the Cold War. As a result there is a phone called made between Rice and Putin (Bush was on Air Force One for hours to keep him safe, I forget where Cheny was, but Rice was the highest ranking official in the White House bunker command center). At this point Russia is also aware the US is under attack, that's why defenses are mobilizing, and Putin tells Rice, I'm ordering all of our reaction mobilization down, whatever the US needs in assistance we will give. Rice sums up this story as thinking to herself "wow, the Cold War really is over." It's weird to think about in 2024 because... I doubt that would happen now. But on 9/11/2001, even Vladmir Putin was with America in this despicable attack on our people.

[@susansato4587]

9/11 I was working in Japan, and my students came into the classroom telling me that I need to turn on a tv & watch the news. I was so shocked, and just started crying. I had to go home. I couldn’t think. A day I will never forget. My students were crying with me. I will never forget 9/11.

[@iTzLadyy]

As an American, I am very glad you shared this video. I have never seen this and I will admit, I cried. Its been almost 23 years since the attacks happened and I remember where I was that day. I have friends in NYC that saw either their mother jump from one of the towers or watched the towers burn from their home. That is a day that will forever be burned in every American's memory that was alive at that time. When I heard the news about him being killed, I honestly though it didn't happen. At that time, there were so many conspiracy theories and I was heavily influenced. It wasn't until a few years ago that I really understood that May 1st would hold a significant day to us all. Thank you, again, for sharing and for caring enough to shed some light on what we endured on this side of the pond.

[@josephharrison5639]

I was 7, if I remember right my dad was deployed in Afghanistan. My mom heard the news late that night on a call with my dad while I was asleep. The next morning she tells me to either wear a shirt of mine that has the American flag or the shirt I wore to welcome my dad home. I had no idea why, being born post 9/11 and still so young I never really heard the name of bin laden. Every single teacher wore red white and blue, American flags appeared to be cleaned or ironed. This was in rural Georgia, a place that Obama wasn’t liked however that day I heard more people say obama did something right than I ever had

[@mpdw3j]

I was 17 in high school when this happened and I’m from rural North Florida outside of Pensacola where people also are not fans of Obama since it’s heavily Republican. I had the same experience of remembering people say nice things about Obama for the first time. I actually like him, but where I lived at the time you’d have to pull people’s teeth to get them to say anything good about him.

[@Ginoulmer]

I agree, but can we even trust anymore that they are even telling the truth. It happened right before an election when he was down in the polls. Politicians will do anything or lie about anything to be elected and get or keep that power

[@barbarahomrighaus6852]

Thank your father for his service.

[@user-uq5qf6rk3o]

Don't poke this bear because we always and will always come together and unite as one nation under God. 🇺🇸

[@WyattRyeSway]

True! I’m a proud American

[@ahaaha84]

Under GOD, indivisible, and justice for all 🙏🏽

[@mindyrolston3915]

​@@cygnusx-3217no we're not leaving God and the Bible out of our government. We're not a communist country

[@WyattRyeSway]

@@cygnusx-3217 …..he was quoting the last line of the official American pledge of allegiance. You know that right? Seems ludicrous to tell him to leave “his god and Bible out of government” when he simply quoted an official pledge and court challenge after court challenge has upheld the line he quoted. One case stating “As a matter of historical tradition, the words 'under God' can no more be expunged from the national consciousness than the words 'In God We Trust' from every coin in the land, than the words 'so help me God' from every presidential oath since 1789, or than the prayer that has opened every congressional session of legislative business since 1787." I’m secular but I simply choose not to be offended at everything. You might try it.

[@laurendavis507]

@@WyattRyeSwaygod was added to the pledge and currency by Eisenhower in the 50’s

[@bryanreighn3498]

As a die hard hardcore Philadelphia sports fan. This is the only night that the Mets winning is perfect.

[@Adventure_Andrew]

Exactly. I’m a die hard Phillies fan and we lost but I’m glad it was to a New York team

[@Chicago2714]

I can believe it.💯

[@LSFA-KrissyL16]

hear hear!

[@bginysta]

I was at that game and honestly I don't remember how it even ended

[@rainisfedup1225]

here as well

[@Beans-1111]

As soon as we heard the news me and my brother went out to hold candles. We didn't know what else to do. Than out of nowhere thousands of people joined us. Everyone started honking their horns at us. It felt so WONDERFUL!!! Even for just one night we can all put our difference aside and come together. I really wish it was still like that, but we are more devided than ever which is so sad! But I will always love this country no matter what side I'm on!

[@debraleesparks]

THAT was a night to remember! People came out of their houses, car horns blared, guns going off.. Thank God I live in America. 👍👍👍👍 Love Grandma Debbie

[@joshuacoldwater]

Guns going off? 😂

[@scottbivins4758]

​@@joshuacoldwateryeah all in the South we were shooting shit.

[@rama30]

We had fireworks!

[@miı-Ö22]

@@scottbivins4758is that a confederate flag pfp?

[@scottbivins4758]

@@miı-Ö22 if that's what u wanna call it. It has a few different names.

[@sharkbait5402]

I watched 9/11 on TV when i was a kid. I was 19 when deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. I had come home for 2 weeks for R and R when it was released on the news he was killed. I remember feeling so many emotions as i sat with my friends and family partying for my return and learning about this. I had lost friends while deployed and was just crushed with a wave of emotions. I had never in my life felt like I had contributed to a cause before. And that night made everything I had done, and had to return to, worth it.

[@bettyir4302]

Two words - thank you.

[@reindeer7752]

This still makes me emotional. I was driving and the news flashed on a highway sign. I was on an American Airlines flight when the attack occurred and all planes in American air space were grounded as soon as possible. Airports turned into parking lots for planes. People were stranded for days. I was two states away from home. Hundreds of passengers were in small towns in Canada and the Canadians really came through for them. Maybe you can find this documented on KZbin.

[@bettyir4302]

No planes in the skies was freaky but when they were allowed to fly again was down right scary. The students were having an event on the field beside the airport and this mama was literally shaking every time a plane circled.

[@yasminesacristan5855]

Brought me to tears thank you. I am a New Yorker and will never forget.

[@tricitymorte1]

I don't think anyone old enough to remember that day will ever forget. I know I won't and I was nowhere near NY. I was a sophomore in high school in SW Florida.

[@yasminesacristan5855]

@@tricitymorte1 I agree

[@user-zb6rh6kw5m]

I was 12 years old when 9/11 happened it was like a bad dream that wouldn't end, but then ,I saw more patriotism from people than American flags. I've never seen some many 🇺🇲 in my life everywhere, hanging from poles erected from home that just the day before didn't even have a place to hang a flag. We were 1. I wish we could hold the level of respect for this country again without all the that unnecessary bloodshed.

[@onewarriornation602]

None of us will ever forget. It's just sad the Bush Crime Family and the Saudis will never face justice over carrying it out.

[@MattMarro]

Unscheduled “POTUS News Conferences” are a pretty big deal. The President makes plenty of scheduled ones.

[@lisasharf1442]

Especially at 11:30 at night…

[@tonecapone614]

good thing it wasnt biden he wouldve fell asleep trying to announce this worldwide victory

[@Kell12UK]

​@@tonecapone614 On a reaction video to a beautiful moment of unity, you decided to post a comment like that??

[@tricitymorte1]

​@@tonecapone614dude, read the room.

[@user-jv5pp8pv9l]

​@@tonecapone614I chuckled.

[@Mabus_Incarnate]

This was an unexpected and great reaction. Growing up my dad worked in NY, we moved to Philadelphia a few years before this happened, or he likely would have been a victim. I graduated high school, this happened in September, and I was in the Army in October heading to basic training. About 90% of the people I was with in basic were from New York, there was an energy, a lot of people you'd never think you'd see in the Army, accountants and office workers in their 30s, religious leaders, everyone was mad, including myself. It's the first time we as a nation, during my lifetime, that the US didn't feel like an untouchable superpower, it opened our eyes that we can be attacked, and it happened. So many of these moments are still very vivid in my memory, thanks for covering and reacting to this.

[@corinnem.239]

I was 34 on 9/11. I saw the second plane fly toward & hit the second tower. I knew it was no accident, it was terrorism, and who was responsible. I knew life as we had known it was over and we were at war. I watched it on live NYC news. Very painful & unsafe day. This was the final thing in putting that trauma to bed. Sheer Relief !

[@karenlynn6860]

You truly are my favorite to react to. Your enthusiasm is contagious.looking forward to many more videos. Thanks.

[@ryand2529]

My reaction on 5/1/11 was the same as 9/11/01, I cried for all those poor, innocent souls but there was one HUGE difference. First, I cried in pain, 10 years later I cried in joy.

[@mikeadair3341]

This video had me in tears. I was starting a new job on 9/11. We we're suppose to be watching training videos me and about 6 other new employees,but instead we were watching the news. When the 1st tower collapsed right in front of our eye's I let these words slip out of my mouth. "we just watched 1000's of people die." I wasn't trying to be morbid just in shock.

[@joannaswata3387]

I just came across your channel, this brought me to tears rembering this time in our history ❤ Still so overwhelming all these years later.

[@420shortie8]

I was 5 years old on 9-11. I remember waking up and hearing my mom crying. Like CRYING crying. She was screaming and sobbing into my dads chest and i walked in their bedroom door. When i walked in and looked at the tv, the first thing i saw was people jumping and i remember asking how those people were flying until my dad carted me out of the room. I know i was young, but when i think about it and close my eyes i can still hear my mom screaming and see my dads red puffy face and waterey eyes with that fake smile telling me everything was ok and sitting me down for breakfast. 💔

[@karenedwards6713]

I went outside and heard bells being rung. I immediately went to one of my antique farm bells and started to ring it. To hear my neighbors and even a big church about a mile away ringing their bells was pretty special. If you don't know what a farm bell is , well it's a big bell that was rung to bring usually the people working in the fields home to eat when the meal was ready. These bells are very loud and lots of people have one that's been in their family. I have two but when I was going to pull the rope to ring the one on my porch that night the rope was dry rotted. I put on shoes and walked to the barn to ring my other one. My parents live next to me and my mom was ringing hers. That's what I remember that night. This was 1am on a Sunday, but people still rung the bells. We woke everyone up!

[@leaannbarnhart7483]

As a veteran, the pride of our military couldn't have been higher. USA!!!

[@leaannbarnhart7483]

Air Force Vet

[@revgurley]

For another important-thing-that-happened-during-a-sporting-event, check out the 1989 World Series San Francisco earthquake. So much of the footage we have are from helicopters and blimps that were circling the ball park. But when the quake happened, they flew around to document damage and tell responders where the worst parts were.

[@catbutte4770]

@revgurley Of course, I certainly remembered that one! I was in San Jose during the earthquake. So frick'n scared and the aftermath? It was SO quiet. No planes over head, just silence. People yelling in our neighborhood to save water, and to get flashlights ready in case our power went out due to tremors.

[@californiashoegal]

I was there. I was a paramedic at the time in Oakland and was immediately called in. It was horrific but the way people came together that day and the weeks after was wonderful.

[@dawnmguzman]

I was watching on tv in SoCal when it just zapped out of view after the announcer said "earthquake". That was a terrible one.

[@Chicago2714]

Damn I hv to check this out.💯

[@RockyNikolashin]

I was five miles from the epicenter in Santa Cruz watching a school basketball game... ground felt like huge swells on the ocean and the tin roof of the pavilion started falling down on us. Crazy time. I still get flinchy when I hear a big truck coming down the road.

[@rivernuri]

I'm American. On this night I remember feeling relieved mostly. I remember hoping everyone who had been involved was ok, and somewhere in there was some pride I suppose. Mostly relief and gratitude. And also sad. I was sad that someone had been killed, even if it was a just death. And that the world was a place where stuff like that had to happen. So, a very mixed night for me.

[@alboyer6]

I feel and felt the same way. Relief. Sadness that there was so much death.

[@tenofivelips]

I really love my country when we're united. I lived in a townhouse at the time. We could hear people yelling, chanting, clapping after the President announced.

[@Chicago2714]

It was a hell of a time.

[@allie12212]

No matter how many times I hear this story, I always tear up and get goosebumps I was 17 when 9/11 happened

[@jesslove727]

I was 13 when 9/11 happened and I was in NY

[@user-kw2pr7qj3r]

I was about 12-13 when 9/11 happen

[@notjustklownin9506]

Hopefully those tears are for the thousands of people sacrificed by their own government.

[@allie12212]

@@notjustklownin9506 don’t be a asshat

[@jpgcne]

​@@notjustklownin9506Always got to be someone typing from their Faraday cage passing in everyone's cereal.. Good Grief. Loosen that foil hat

[@kcook2256]

Dang, just a flood of memories. You’re making me cry here. Just the loss of many innocent ones and some sense of justice we all experienced at that time.

[@martyb5807]

Sept 11. I went into work and while in the lounge i watched two aircraft fly into the towers. As soon as the second one hit I knew it was a second one not a different angle of the first so I went into stills office at combat camera and proceeded to get my gear together. Small team and I went out to the Hampton Roads bridge tunnel and documented ships leaving port. While we were out there we were called back. 2 more planes had gone down and Sonya Andrea and I were heading out to sea. GregSlater called my mom to come get my babies and we were underway to just off the coast of New York. And that was my September 11 2001. I was working at my bar and retired from the military when seal team 6 dropped his ass.

[@kimberly72]

I didn't realize until later about Bin Laden getting killed because my sister's boyfriend had just died that day as well. He was 27 years old. But i was glad when i learned that Bin Laden died. It was a relief to us all

[@AngelA-qi1br]

Another video to try is the one about the first sporting event in New York City 10 days after the 9/11 attacks. It was a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets. There are definitely dozens of goose bump moments throughout that game.

[@CherryGryffon]

I was 20 going on 21. Me, my two sisters, our mom and our then step-dad all huddled around a TV in the apartment we were staying in and just stared. It felt like... Like that moment JUST as you step off of a roller coaster, or a ride that drops you dozens of feet. It's a post-rush kind of feeling where you're still a little bit in shock, but in a good way. I think the whole next day everyone we met at work or on the street was walking just a little bit lighter. That was a weight we carried for TEN years by that point. TEN YEARS since 9-11. Ten years of grief and hatred for a singular man especially. Ten years of him taunting us about how untouchable he was. Was he alive, wasn't he. That moment... Was incredible.

[@brandyforsythe1882]

Thank you, this still brings tears to my eyes. I'm sure the atmosphere in that ballpark was electric!!

[@beatlesarebest]

I cried that night and again watching this. Thanks for bringing back a GREAT memory!!!!

[@deathstrike369]

I was at a concert at this announcement. They stopped the show to announce this.

[@chelsrose93]

I was 7 years old when 9/11 happened. I still remember the way the news looked and the cries of my family, who is from New jersey. I'll never forget the feeling of the country united as one being 17 years old....proud to be an American 🇺🇸

[@nyteshayde1197]

That was a crazy night. It felt like we had all been holding our breaths for 10 years and all of a sudden we could breathe again. There were tears.

[@golffoxtrotyankee3893]

I was in a hospital room with my wife who had just given birth to our daughter two days prior (C-Section) when the POTUS came on the tv to give this announcement. It was a relief to hear that we got him and an excellent ending to a glorious week.

[@joshuacoldwater]

I was working in Manhattan this night, in Times Square. You want to see a ton of people- holy crap, I thought it was NYE again 😂

[@user-uq5qf6rk3o]

Seal team 6

[@1024laf]

They started the beginning of the game as rival teams and devoted fans to ending the game walking away as one United Nation. Proud to be an American.

[@JohnHaroldjr]

Great video. My birthday is on May 1st. I now share my birthday with the death of Bin Ladin. It's hard to explain. Thanks for the video.

[@user-sx5tt4qw8l]

I remember and I was watching the broadcast. That prick murdered my American brothers and sisters. It was a very happy moment when Justice was served. On a side note it’s such a beautiful powerful thing when America unites!

[@lindasmith1370]

Watching this video with you, I burst out crying.

[@tenofivelips]

Same.

[@deannaforrest9571]

Same...hadn't realized how emotional the 9/11 videos still are. Hit me so hard to this day.

[@kelb1880]

Every generation has at least one of these "where were you when..?" moments. For me, so far, it is 9/11 when the twin towers were taken down. Where I was THIS night of May 1, 2011, I don't remember. Thank you for posting your reaction to this video. This is "America's Game" of baseball. So much tradition around baseball. Friends. Family. Rivalries. One final action we'd been waiting nearly 10 years for. 40,000+ people gathered together, but getting the information one-by-one via text. Smart to tell the cameramen to focus on individuals looking at their phones. One-by-one, these individuals were unified by an attained goal. In 10 years, I'll probably have forgotten the game, the FOURTEEN inning game, and the scoreboard. I will remember this reaction video.

[@kwade9298]

American here, and you know what... I really appreciate your channel. Thank you for all the love. ❤️🤍💙

[@scottlinting6308]

I didn't believe it until the President confirmed it. I remember a huge weight lifted from my shoulders. I lost a friend on 9/11. I raised tons of money to give to the surviving family members of the first responders...I remember 9/11 so vividly and the weeks after. I remember May 1st as a day of relief and my friend could rest.

[@ronileigh9336]

I'm from the US and I was home alone not realizing Bin Ladin was the one who caused the attack on 9/21. Once I realized it my mind was going wild. I was just thankful that guy wouldn't do anything to anyone ever again. I was proud of my country our military was keeping us safe.

[@NerdyNanaSimulations]

Three of my 5 kids were still at home, all teens. everyone was outside yelling USA and fireworks were going off. Cops were cruising the streets but made no attempt to stop the fireworks even though they were not legal in town, in fact a couple pulled over and joined in. I miss the unity that still existed to some extent then.

[@brittanygidley1291]

i was about 21 when it happened i’m 31 now about to be 32 and this still gives me goosebumps no matter what.

[@johnbarton1690]

April 2024 this clip still brings tears to my eyes and fills me with so much pride 💗 i love my country ❤️

[@leighbarrington5549]

POTUS stands for President of the United States.

[@Chicago2714]

💯💯💯

[@chucks1781]

Puppet of the United States

[@firewolf5971]

Oh good to know, I never heard of it till last year and I always thought it was just some dumb name people were giving sleepy joe.

[@bevinboulder5039]

I'm so glad you reacted to this video because I've never seen it and I didn't remember about the events at the Phillies/Mets game that night. What a thrill! Thank you!

[@michellemiller8668]

Thanks for this video. I remember celebrating with my 15yo old son when I heard the news. It was such a different time in America.

[@spaceshiplewis]

Baseball is America's game, The Mets are New York, and a rivalry game were New York wins. The stars aligned in an amazing show of unity. Our sports games have a rivalry but we're all American so we're all like family. We come together when it matters. I hope we can find and keep that spirit again.

[@kellysimmons8437]

I was a closing manager shift at Target. When I got word, I shared the news with every team member as I saw them. It was something to be proud of. It was back when America was United. 💔

[@amom6511]

I just found your channel and love your reactions, very refreshing!

[@Latnman101]

That was the last time we were all together as Americans.

[@leviticuscornwall9631]

I specifically remember this night. I was in 6th grade and was quietly watching the game (it was past my bed time lol) when this was announced. The next day at school we practically did nothing and all the teachers told us stories about 9/11 (my age group would’ve been around 2 or 3 at the time and most didn’t remember). According to my older sister, on 9/11 our mother barricaded the three of us in the basement of our home (at the time we lived near a major US military base and she probably thought the area might be attacked) while frantically calling my dad who was in another state on business. It crazy that I don’t remember any of it yet I can vividly remember my 3rd birthday party which happened mere months after the fact. But I digress. That’s my two cents

[@mattkelly2004]

Here in America we will fight bad amongst ourselves, BUT you pull some sh!t like that, and kill and attack us at home. We will come together like this, and it is usually devastating for whoever tried it.

[@justinholliday8047]

You should watch the movie Zero Dark Thirty. It’s about the intel gathering and then the actual raid

[@kimberly72]

I absolutely love that movie. Though it is a tearjerker

[@onewarriornation602]

The actual raid that never happened. Bin Laden died in 2003. 🙄

[@Spookythejedi]

Remembering the moment I found out still brings tear to my eyes. So many lives were lost due to one man...and to live to see justice and freedom prevail was incredible.

[@mimiv3088]

P.O.T.U.S. stands for President of the United States.

[@dfeathermcgaw5306]

I remember that night very well. We all ran out into the streets cheering, hugging & applauding. It was a real feeling of community. All differences were put aside, we came together as a United Front USA !! USA !! USA !! Very, very proud Americans. Happy for each other knowing that our safety was more secure. 911 had a similar effect on us all. Helping out your fellow man, supporting & grieving together. American Pride runs to our very core. We fought & lost millions since 1776. Our National Anthem, the story is all facts. We feel that pride to this very day. Whitney Houston sang the best version of It have ever experienced in my life. I watched her sing it live during half time at a pro football game. Just amazing !!! Priceless, timeless. You can feel & hear the pride in her voice. Flawless perfection it is.

[@CHILLknowsfootball]

I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when 9/11 happened and when Bin Laden was killed. I was in Mrs. Hunt's 9th grade math class when she rolled in a TV on a square cart and turned the news on. We watched the broadcast for hours it seems like. Just watching the 2nd plane hit over and over and over. It felt different for months. It's all that anyone talked about. I was listening to the radio on my way home from hanging out with friends when I heard that Bin Laden had been killed. It was like finally getting closure for something that had been hurting you for 10 years.

[@evarene07]

😂😂Yes whenever the President calls a news conference it’s “a big thing”

[@bginysta]

I was at that game it was so moving to hear the whole crowd chanting USA

[@amtank]

I was working for American Airlines wholly owned regional airline and at the time our operations center was the floor below American's dispatch room. It sounded like a riot was occuring upstairs.

[@jmg5878]

I was in a crowded pub that night. Someone behind the bar literally cut the music flipped on the tv and all 40 or 50 something of us pressed up at the bar leaning on each other and watched it together all silent as President Obama announced that we killed him we all went nuts

[@sortaamy3003]

Particularly for major things, the presidental announcements will interupt all broadcasts to go to the press room at the white house. Doesn't matter what time of day, they break in to programming for however long the president speaks. This isn't the case for scheduled announcements. Those are usually just shown on specific channels and theyll show clips of it during the regular news broadcasts. The unscheduled ones, though, are often major events.

[@darrinlindsey]

I've seen this many times. I get goosebumps every time.

[@willieelliott6707]

I’ll never forgot this event, I remember where I was, who I was with and recall going into the streets where other citizens where all chanting, doing fireworks and all… As a member and veteran of the US Army who went to fight in Iraq was going there months before the war started in 2003, this was some of the best news to know that a dictator was dead, one that harmed our citizens and way of life and one that harms his own. This was electrifying to witness, as Americans those planes that went into various places we will never get that out our heads, I was stationed in El Paso TX at the time but was in Leesburg VA at a conference when images flashed across the screens and our units recalled for us to return but most of us were scared to get on a plane at that point and rented cars although we got their by plane.

[@kennethcole2280]

Until watching this podcast, I did not know the story about the revelation at the baseball game. SUPER COOL!!!!!! Thanks for this podcast.

[@dang2443]

"I've never actually seen baseball..." he says, while wearing a baseball cap....

[@marycoombe2436]

You should watch the video that followed the Seal team that went in and got him. They show body camera shots from each of the Seal team. Fascinating!

[@Levi_velten]

I wasn’t even three the night bin Laden was killed I’ve seen this video twice (although this is the first reaction I’ve seen) both times I had tears of joy in my eyes the whole time

[@AARON780281]

You should do a review of a song called "where were you when the world stopped turning" by Alan Jackson. Do the live version. You won't regret it.

[@SwimCoach8]

That was the only major sporting event on that night. It's very unusual to have only one major league game on ANY night during baseball season. I remember the news reporting how quickly the crowds had gathered outside the White House. Gave me chills and still does to this day.

[@3101home]

Geography played a part in this baseball game played in Philadelphia (birthplace of America & and 70 miles east of the 3rd doomed plane crash landing in Shanksville, Penna) as well as the visiting NY Mets (the hometown team where the twin towers were brought down).

[@lauren0814]

Yes, of course.Great contextual comment to explain to our friends and allies🎉

[@Triggerhippie70]

Yes a news conference unplanned is a thing

[@notsomadscientist9602]

I was at a bed and breakfast on my first wedding anniversary... My phone woke me up with all of my Army buddies calling and celebrating! Good times!

[@catherinesearles1194]

You have goosebumps.watching it so many years later...I'm in tears now I was in tears that night, banging pots out my window, fireworks are going off horns are honking, people are outside cheering. We were America again!

[@aprettygothichick]

I was at trait school. A lot of students were in either the game room/basketball court or in the common room watching TV. When Obama came on and made the announcement we all cheered and celebrated. We were crying out of joy and emotional release. Students and staff held each other and cried. Some students had family members that were active military and they were saying how they could come home now. 9/11 made the country come together in grief and sorrow. This night made the country come together in celebration and triumph

[@catherinesearles1194]

Thank you for supporting the USA on that day, the day you made this video and with every kind word I've heard you say about America.

[@PinkHawk191]

I couldn't sleep that night so I turned the tv on and President Obama came on and announced that we got him. I couldn't sleep the rest of the night. The adrenaline was pumping. At my college program for students with disabilities the next day everyone was chanting USA USA and wearing patriotic shirts. What a night to be an American!

[@Stepperg1]

It was late on the west coast so we were asleep. My husband woke me up next morning with the news. I was glad I missed it because I never would have had a moment's sleep, had I known. It was news we all had dreamed about. Best news ever!

[@beetlesubaru4198]

An entire decade of grief and America finally had closure. Bin Ladens death wasn't just war, it was personal

[@christypriest30]

There were a crap load of parties in our small town that night and the following days! Our town turned into a ghost town as everyone closed everything up and headed to once party or another! I remember that I needed gas for my truck and I had to just start driving down the interstate trying to find a gas station that hadn’t been abandoned! Luckily I had enough gas to get me there because I ended up having to drive almost all the way to the Virginia Tech campus before I found an open gas station. So I went about 45 miles. Once I got there I called my husband at the time who was at one of our friends party properties right on the James River and he told me to buy as many gas cans as I could and fill them up because so many people from town were there and needed gas too. I drove back with 30 full gas cans in the back of my suburban!

[@Zodia195]

We had been waiting for almost 10 years for Bin Laden to get taken care of. I was getting ready to go to bed and I just happened to be watching the news in my room when I heard. Needless to say I had a hard time going to sleep that night lol.

[@jinx7501]

I watched it. The 2nd plane, the people jumping, the smoking pentagon, the giant ruts on the group from Flight 93, and the towers collapsing. I saw heroes going into the building that never came out. Their courage is a huge part of why I choose to become a first responder as my career. Worst of all, I knew people who were in the towers who were only identified by what little was left of them at Ground Zero. Bin Laden's death was never optional.

[@bauerx9000]

This video is pretty crazy to me that they chose to document that Phillies game, I was there, chanting USA. What a memorable moment.

[@BrandonWestfall]

I was homeless in 2011 and honestly don't know where I was on May 1st. I do remember exactly where I was at 8:46 AM EST Sept 11th 2001. I was in my 9th grade English class watching the news. The moment the first plane hit the north tower my teacher said he thought it was Osama Bin Laden. Most of the class had no idea what he was talking about.

[@carolynedwards9821]

I was at a bar that night when news came on the tv people were jumping up and down throwing beer in the air and yes we all started chanting USA

[@1983Tabbi]

I lived 20 north east of Philly this night. People busted into their Fourth of July fireworks this night 😂❤🇺🇸

[@TexAnts-xp7tl]

This is why you don't mess with America... It may take a while but WE WILL GET YOU!

[@candicesmith6126]

I found it serendipitous that the two teams playing that night were from New York and Pennsylvania, two of the three states where the events of 9/11 took place. So in a way, finally getting him was able to give the people there much needed closure.

[@uncletrilly3566]

I was in the same room I'm at in now watching the Phillies game with my buddy. Then my buddy moved out of the apartment, someone else moved in - moved out and then I claimed the apartment. I think about watching that game often, even though I'm a fan of the cross state rivals, The Pittsburgh Pirates. Do a video on baseball and ballparks soon, especially with playoffs and the World Series coming up soon.

[@billkeleher8699]

Proud American here,I think that day many of us got some closure for the horrific events of 911. Imagine if we,the citizens of this country were united together!!! We would be truly unstopable ,ALMOST as great as the GREATEST GENERATION. That's what we should strive for, to be more like them,in my humble opinion.

[@saltydogz4657]

I had a friend at that game. It was the next morning that I received a call from an old friend, whose cousin was my best friend from high school, and I learned that my best friend was part of the on ground Air Wing support that night at the compound in Pakistan. Me.... I was stuck at home that night having just had surgery on my elbow. The ironic part is that on 911, I was supposed to be at the World Trade Center to interview for a summer job at a law firm. The only reason I wasn't is that I was delayed when my travel companion, also interviewing for the same project as was I (we were to work as a team), had lost his wallet, and we rescheduled our appointment for two days after the attack. We obviously never made it to the appointment.

[@Cjinglaterra]

I was on deployment at the time. Pretty sure we learned from the Captain announcing over the ship's 1MC

[@Jason-ib4fk]

"Zero Dark Thirty" is a great film that goes through the build up of finding and killing Bin Laden by Seal Team 6. Give it a watch 👍