Bin Laden’s Death Brings Closure

The hijacked jet planes that roared out of a clear blue sky one sunny September morning 10 years ago killed nearly 3,000 people, but the hurt they did spread far beyond the immediate death and destruction at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The damage was mental, psychological, even spiritual. And the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of U.S. special operations forces may help to start some healing, said Christian and Muslim religious leaders, relatives of victims, and a generation who grew in the shadow of 9/11. “There is a sense that justice has been done,” said Joel Hunter, senior pastor of the 12,000-member Northland Church in Orlando, Florida, and a spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama/ CNN . More here.

• DNA proves Bin Laden’s death with 99.9% confidence /The Globe
• Americans put on alert amid warnings of Al Qaeda retaliation /Fox News
• Abbottabad: The military town where Bin Laden hid in plain sight /CNN

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