A world without Osama Bin Laden, finally!

Many of us would had known of his death today. Many waiting for such a long time for something that seemed never to happen. I woke up to the the headlines this morning, not in shock but to a welcomed surprise. It did seem like all hope was lost to what seemed like a mammoth of a job. Almost 10 years but it finally happened!

It brought back a lot of memories. I was working like a few of my friends were in America during the run-up to the event. I can remember it quite clearly, even the emotions at the time. Working at Ocean City in Maryland. I remember when starting the 4 months adventure to pass the twin towers as we traveled with Greyhound to Ocean City. I remember thinking to myself that I will finally get to see you both in a few months time. Little did I know then that all I would see would be a skeleton of the Tin Towers as you see in the photograph above.

I was woken up to the disaster by my friends at the time in Vancouver, Canada a day after we arrived. I was woken up around 5 :30am and remember thinking that what I saw was a fantastic but sick movie that was going to come out. It took a while until the realisation that this was actually a terrorist attack. A shock that lasted not hours but months ahead.

Yes, I ended my trip in New york but to a totally devastated one. I remember seeing all the American flags around but it didn't have the normal sense of power feel to it but of clear sadness and anger. I took my camera out and tried to capture a story of what I felt and saw. A country, a world shaken by something so un-comprehensible.

Almost 10 years on.... A difficult time already for many countries already coping with the credit crunch and disasters that have already happened this year. However, a silver lining has appeared. Victory for America and hopefully some closure for the families that lost their loved ones to the senseless attack. A new dawn perhaps to prove that you need some faith to work through these times. Hopefully today will be a beginning of a revived hope for many .......