Monday, May 2, 2011

America celebrates the death of the enemy n ° 1

Jubilant crowds outside the White House Thousands of people at Ground Zero to mark the death of Osama Bin Laden. Almost 10 years from the attack against the Twin Towers, New York took to the streets: horn ring the city. Singing the national anthem and shouting 'Yes we can', New Yorkers celebrated the death of the author of the attack the deadliest on U.S.

soil. Some people get wrapped in the American flag, who cries, who remembers the victims of flowers and candles. Here's the BBC news with links from Ground Zero and One encompasses Washington, singing 'USA USA'. There are those who arrived in pajamas and left the restaurant to find themselves, spontaneously, in the place cell tragedy.

A little over an hour from the dissemination of news of the death of Bin Laden, while droves of people come together at Ground Zero, the police closed the streets to contain the growing crowd. The emotion is huge, the streets there are people who have lost friends and relatives in the attack.

And through her tears, they want to celebrate the historic moment. And the president Barack Obama has announced. Applause: "We made it." At the moment the fear of revenge by militants of Bin Laden is not considered. For now we celebrate: "We do not beat him," when you listen to the cries of enthusiasm.

In Washington, thousands of children and young people flocked to the gardens of Lafayette Park, opposite the White House, shouting with enthusiasm all their joy. After listening directly to the TV announcement that President Osama Bin Laden is dead, in lots, wrapped in the flag stars and stripes, have created a sort of collective ritual, more like a celebration of the stadium to a real its political manifestation.

Incessantly shouting 'USA', everyone had their own smart phone in hand, always turned to shoot your video from 'post' on Youtube. "Now the world will be much safer," screams a girl in one of the many television crew that wandered through the crowd. "Bin Laden got what he deserved," replied another, with the top of the Capitol, the local hockey team.

While along the Pennsylvania Avenue, university students continue to flow directly from the exclusive Georgetown University, began the streets of the old carousels SUV loaded with kids, too, with the flag, shouting, honking and making the victory sign with his hands . As if they won the World Cup.

There is shouting 'Obama, Obama'. Others, in a suit and tie, election signs show a little 'dated, the ticket that says' Bush-Cheney'. And there are those few flies the flag of the Tea Party. But they are a minority. Accomplice in the evening warm and pleasant, no one really wants to talk politics.

And most of all arguing. Everyone has a great desire to just be together and have fun, without being bothered. More in the background, Bill, a boy 25 years, more thoughtful of others. It is part of an association pacifist. Here, in these gardens, he came many times to express his dissent to all wars.

He does not like this enthusiasm: "Many of them were ten years ago in elementary school, they know nothing of September 11 ... Bin Laden was a murderous criminal, but I do not like the land in which we celebrate in the streets the death of 21 persons ". But it is the only one having these thoughts.

Next to him passing a group of young hotheads, sweaty and bare back, shouting loudly that 'USA, USA'. Like them, many others continue to revel in this long day of celebration in Washington.

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