Nadat bekend werd dat Obama de presidentsverkiezingen had gewonnen braken er overal in Amerika spontane volksfeesten los. Een van de feestgangers was de Engelse lerares van Hil die samen met duizenden anderen feest had gevierd in de straten van Seattle:
"This is amazing," Ron Sims –a King County Executive- said. "I've been in politics for a long time. I've never seen anything like this. I came here because everybody was celebrating. "We did it."
The historic news announcement:
Crowd reactions at “the moment”:
- Times Square | Grant Park Chicago | video 2 | video 3
- Sarah Lawrence College, New York | Kentucky
International reactions:
Street celebrations USA:
- North Carolina | Colorado | Boston | Berkley
- Georgetown | Illinois | New York | video 2 | Portland
- San Francisco | video 2 | Washington DC | White House
Erg bijzonder om zo’n spontane en massale volksvreugde te zien…
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