SEATTLE, (Reuters Life!) – An American teacher who vowed after the September 11 attacks not to shave until Osama bin Laden was captured or killed, finally cut off his beard when he heard the news the al Qaeda leader was dead.
Gary Weddle, a 50-year-old middle school teacher from the state of Washington whose beard had reached some 15 inches (38 cm) long, said he began cutting his facial hair for the first time in nearly a decade on Sunday night.
“I’m still very emotional about this, about all of the death and destruction,” Weddle said in an interview. “I’m finally
