New Yorkers' mixed reactions to Osama's death

[EFerrari]

New York -- Eileen Zott is one of thousands of New Yorkers who lost family because of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but the news of his death brought little satisfaction for her.

Zott and her husband attended a candlelight vigil on Long Island on Monday night to pay tribute to her cousin, Louis Modafferi, a New York firefighter who was killed on September 11. Both seemed unsure about how to respond to bin Laden’s death 24 hours earlier during a US raid in Pakistan.

"I don't know how I feel about this," she said. "I'm a Christian, and killing isn't part of my beliefs. It doesn't bring anyone back."

Her ambivalence about bin Laden's death was a stark contrast to the mood at Ground Zero, the site of the attacks in Lower Manhattan. The crowd had dwindled by Monday afternoon - hundreds of people, compared to thousands on Sunday night, when the news was announced - but people were still celebratory, almost joyful. Smiling tourists snapped photos of the site where the World Trade Centre once stood. Construction workers exchanged high-fives and talked about the raid that killed bin Laden.

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