Chad Bryan, Staff Reporter

Residents of communities surrounding Heroes Circle in Central Kingston were out in their numbers waiting for a chance to see United States president, Barack Obama.

President Obama laid a wreath at the cenotaph of Jamaican soldiers who perished in World War I and World War II.

As security personnel blocked off sections of Duke Street, East Street and other connecting roads in preparation for the arrival of the US president yesterday afternoon, scores of persons, gathered on East Street near Michael's service station and expressed hope that they would now be able to get visas following president Obama's visit.

One such individual, Tamara Fraser, who claimed to have journeyed from Rose Heights in Montego Bay to see the president at Heroes Circle, said she is hopeful that with this visit she would be able to go to the United States.

"We ago get visa now. Free up the embassy so we can get we green card now. We want to come and feel what over there is like," she said. Fraser said she left Montego Bay at 6 a.m. in order to make it to Kingston by 10 a.m. to stay with family in Arnett Gardens in order to get a glimpse of the president.

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"I came just to see the excitement, the car, the police, everything. It's my first time seeing something like this," Fraser stated.

Unlike Fraser and others who were excited, other persons were upset that they could not get closer to Heroes Circle and Heroes Park to get a better look at the president.

According to the people, it was important for them to be there to welcome him as he is 'the real big man'.