Today Osama ben Laden was died.Americans poured on to the street to celebrate bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. forces and men and women around the world expressed relief that the mastermind behind a series of high-profile attacks was dead."For me, this man symbolized evil, and all of the misery that I've been through for ten years. To know this symbol is gone is a great relief for me," said Bruno Dellinger, a French businessman who survived the collapse of New York's Twin Towers soon after al Qaeda hijackers flew planes into them on September 11, 2001.
Dellinger, who was on the 47th floor of the North Tower when the planes struck, told French RTL radio he felt a "burst of joy" at bin Laden's death.He said he had constantly believed U.S. secret services would track down the man behind September 11 as well as a series of other plots.
Bin Laden was shot in the head by U.S. forces who stormed his luxury compound in Pakistan right after a decade-long manhunt during which he continually evaded capture.
The news, announced by President Barack Obama early on Monday, brought thousands on to the streets of New York and Washington to celebrate, including relatives of individuals killed inside the worst militant attacks in U.S. history.
