- May 2, 2011 • 3:30 am PDT
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Jubilant Americans took to the streets of New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, and other cities to celebrate the death of Osama Bin Laden until the pre-dawn hours.
Here's a sampling of the spontaneous patriotic pandemonium at the World Trade Center, a.k.a. Ground Zero.
Peace (or victory) signs were common. At one point the whole crowd held them up in silence.
Image: Suvro Banerji.
All photos used with permission.

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