Post 4- World in pictures Thomas Winterton

I remember this night. It was just like any other night. Me and my family were watching the news, absorbing discussions and arguments on the T.V. of whatever event currently had the media in an uproar. Dogs scurrying around the house, chasing one of the cats more than likely, just an average night for what I'd like to think was an average american household. It was later in the school year so my parents were laxed on what time I had to be asleep. Without warning the screen lit up with things like "news alert" or "breaking news from the white house," apparently the White House had an announcement to make so we stay tuned rather intrigued. If I recall correctly nothing polarizing was occurring in the US at the time (at least nothing we still face today) so this announcement that was soon coming was as much a mystery to my family and I, as it was to media. So we waited. Then the screen cut to to President Obama (picture above) and then he said     THE PRESIDENT:  Good evening.  Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. The nation came to life. Within the hour there were people in the streets of every major city in our country. Wielding flags and  embracing each other, that night America felt a sense of nationalism that I personally has not been matched since.