Driver Amber Campbell, with mom in the back seat and a passenger friend, came to Times Square from Staten Island to celebrate. Her father is a firefighter. "We lost a lot of people on 9/11," she told The Takeaway.
George McAvoy, here with friend Jo Ann, told The Takeaway he lost his brother, a firefighter, in the 9/11 attacks. He was headed from Times Square to WTC to celebrate with other family, but said he had mixed feelings about the death of Osama Bin Laden. "I'm not a person who likes revenge," he said.
Ahmed Abdul Hussein, an young man from Manhattan with Iraqi and Peruvian roots, said that the death of Osama Bin Laden was good news for Humanity, America, and "true Islam."
Kevin, left, came with two friends from Queens with an American flag tied to the trunk of their car. "It took us 10 years but we got him - not even 10 years. This is going to be a momentous occassion this 9-11. I mean look at the date. May one, one one. Symbolic or what?"
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