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9/11 mom reacts to news of Osama bin Laden's death
A passerby looks at newspaper headlines reporting the death of Osama Bin Laden, in front of the Newseum, on May 2, 2011 in Washington, DC.
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Maureen Santora lost her son Christopher on 9/11.
She told KPCC that she and her husband were “numb” when they heard the news about Osama Bin-laden’s death.
“We’ve been waiting for this for a very long time. Very long time," says Santora. "I think America has waited for this for a very long time, and I think the world as well. So, it was news that you had to process because you weren’t sure that this was really going to happen. And it did. And we’re just thrilled.”
Santora’s son was a New York City firefighter; he’d worked for the department only a couple months before he died in the terrorist attacks.
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