Late Sunday night, as it is now impossible not to know, President Barack Obama announced to the world that a United States military operation had resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. "Justice has been done," Obama said.
↵As the news traveled throughout the country, reactions (on Twitter) varied from jubilation to fear to confusion, and everything in between. Then, in the ninth inning of a game between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, news of bin Laden's death reached those fans in attendance. They responded by breaking out into chants of "U-S-A!, U-S-A!, U-S-A!" as you could literally hear the news travel throughout Citizens Bank Park.
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↵As the news spread further, with the chant getting louder as the news continued to spread throughout the stadium, it eventually overtook the whole park, and the game itself, with the announcers, including Bobby Valentine, the manager of the Mets during the 2001 season, reflecting on 9/11, and what the death of bin Laden meant to them.
↵Afterward, the players shared their thoughts:
↵↵↵"I don't like to give Philadelphia fans too much credit, but they got this one right," Mets third baseman David Wright said.
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