
Decade later, ex-Mets recall night Osama bin Laden was killed: ‘I still get chills’
NY Post
PHILADELPHIA — A decade later, the Mets coincidentally were back at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday night for another ESPN showcase game.
Saturday had marked the 10-year anniversary of the teams unforgettably facing each other on national television while President Obama unexpectedly announced the death of Osama bin Laden, nearly a decade after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Those Mets in uniform that night “will remember it for the rest of our lives, but not for baseball reasons” according to former manager Terry Collins.More Related News

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












