COLUMBIA (WACH) -- The killing of Osama bin Laden is especially meaningful to a local Army veteran.
Brian Thomas was serving in Iraq during the late 90's while in Saudi Arabia he caught a glimpse of bin laden.
Thomas says there was information that bin Laden may be planning a terrorist attack, but there wasn't enough evidence to take bin Laden into custody.
"Last night was vindication for myself and a lot of veterans and we were just elated this thing finally came to pass," Thomas said Monday.
Thomas says he was very upset on 9/11 because he believes the attacks would have never happened had the Army taken action against bin Laden that day.
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