May 2 in American History
U.S. Navy SEALs raided a compound in Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, nearly ten years after that day. Crowds gathered spontaneously outside the White House and at Ground Zero. It was a hard-won measure of justice for the deadliest attack on American soil.
In 2011: Osama bin Laden is killed. U.S.
U.S. Navy SEALs raided a compound in Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, nearly ten years after that day. Crowds gathered spontaneously outside the White House and at Ground Zero. It was a hard-won measure of justice for the deadliest attack on American soil.
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