Push Comes to Shove - Day 22
The beginning of the End
FEB 2022
2/18/20221 min read
Today started like a normal day. We had heard that Ottawa Police were going to start towing some of the truck from the outlying areas. We were sent to Laurier Ave and Nicholas Street.
After taking these few shots, we got a call to go to The Westin as something was happening. We went from Nicholas Street across Daly and when we came out on the other side, we saw hundreds of police officers in various states of equipment. Tactical gear, horses, with rows and rows of police. The police formed a line across the street a few rows deep and the convoy supporters matched them on the opposite side at Rideau and Sussex.
I never took another photo for the rest of day. It was scary, it was chaotic and it was history in the making.
"It was the biggest story on the planet and I was responsible for filming it for the six o'clock news."
Timelapse of the Police Operation from CBC News
The following video is from YouTube giving you the perspective from the convoy supporters.
This video below is from the CTV News account on YouTube. CTV decided to cut into the regular programming and broadcast our feed live as it was happening just before the noon hour show. You can hear the reporter and anchor mention my name a few times as I pan the camera around gathering footage.