Tragedy welcomed me by saying
“Of all the days you walk through my door you walk through today, God must have sent you.”
”Why?”
”Have you heard of Scott E Banks?”
”No”
”He’s a brother that’s being released from prison tomorrow, he’s been there for twenty-six years for a murder he didn’t commit.”
Freedom
The following images are just a few from the day of the release of Scott E Banks after twenty-six years of incarceration for a crime he did not commit. The images reflect little things that we all do mostly every day and are capable of taking for granted in this life.
One thing Iearned this day was how blessed we all are with the little things we have, are able to do without worry and a lesson to be aware that these things can be taken away from us unfairly.
Selfie
I love this image as it’s the embrace of brothers happy to see one of their own out into the free world again. It’s also a welcome to the world of the selfie.
Leaving to go home
Getting into the vehicle and closing the door on a chapter to move on into another.
Rolling out.
Cnn news following.
Ordering breakfast.
What’s it to be? We have a choice?
Looking at Mom.
Sitting with your sister.
Things we take for granted…
Using a steel knife and fork for breakfast.
Brothers after breakfast.
Amazing the effect of a hearty breakfast has on individuals. After breakfast we went outside to grab some shots.
While we were on the street talking and taking in the day a white van suddenly came to a stop and a woman called from the van “It’s Scott E Banks”. The van parked and out climbed a members of a youth group who knew Scott’s story and wanted to get a picture with him.
Just shortly after this it was announced that Scott and his brothers were going away for some time to themselves and rightly so. It was quite a happening to be there on such a day, to witness the freedom of an individual I had never met or even heard of twenty four hours earlier never mind someone that’s been locked up for twenty-six years.
What I did come away with was that I had encountered one of the most eloquent speakers of my time. Thinking about it, I don’t know if I have met a better speaker than Scott.
This is just a snippet of my experience of this day and of Albany, New York. I will show and tell more in the future.