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Viewfinder: Revisiting Ground Zero
On Monday morning, one day after bin Laden's death was announced, freelancer Chris Federici visits the World Trade Center.
As President Barack Obama announced the killing of Osama bin Laden late Sunday night and early Monday morning, thousands flocked to Ground Zero. There, native New Yorkers, tourists, laborers pulling the night shift and emergency workers cheered the demise of the world's most wanted terrorist, and reflected on the attacks that he orchestrated, including the bombing of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998, the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 and, most notably, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
On Monday morning, Patch contributor headed to the World Trade Center to talk with those who were visiting the site. Amid the line of news vans and television commentators, the crowds were smaller and visitors' emotions less overt. But many spoke poignantly on the death of bin Laden and what they felt it means for them, the city and the country.
The President visited Ground Zero on Thursday, an event that again attracted thousands to the site.
