Monday, May 2, 2011
Canton residents and officials respond to death of bin Laden and look back at 9/11.
Canton residents and officials are reacting to the capture and death of Osama bin Laden today and reflecting back on the 9/11 attacks. After President Barack Obama announced the capture and killing of the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, folks across the nation reacted. Here in Canton, there are mixed views on the capture. Senator Brian A. Joyce said he hopes the families of all the 9/11 victims can feel a sense of justice. "I hope it brings some comfort to the family of Michael Uliano of Canton and Michael Rothberg of Sharon who were killed on 9/11," Joyce told Patch in an interview today. "I hope it brings some sense of justice to those families." Joyce said the sad reality is "nothing can bring these men back to life, nor all the…
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Security levels at the airport have not changed since the news of Osama bin Laden's death. Federal officials have not called for increased measures.
News of Osama bin Laden’s death was met with cheers and tears Sunday night, but thoughts quickly turned toward security concerns. At Logan International Airport in Boston, there has not been a bump in security measures, though that may change as officials meet through the day Monday. Logan is where American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 departed from before crashing into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. Federal officials have not issued heightened security orders to airports, but officials at Logan will meet at 8:30 a.m. to discuss whether to take any additional security measures, according to Media Relations Director Phil Orlandella. “The national level has not been raised. We’re…
The terrorist leader of Al Qaeda was killed in a town outside of Islamabad, Pakistan, said President Barack Obama.
President Barack Obama confirmed just before midnight Sunday that U.S. troops killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. The president addressed the nation in a televised speech from the East Wing of the White House. "I can report to the American people and to the world, that the U.S. has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden," Obama said. "Shortly after taking office, I directed … the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority," said the president. "At my direction, the U.S. launched a targeted operation … No Americans were harmed …After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden." Obama said the special forces took possession of bin Laden's body after the shootout. "The US is not…
