Updated: May 2, 2011 at 2:24 PM
Celebrations over bin Laden's death in the U.S. (28 images)
As the news trickled out via social media and increasing press reports, celebratory crowds began to grow in front of the White House and at Ground Zero, cheering the death of the formerly elusive terrorist leader.
A young man holds a sign reading "Osama bin gotten" as thousands celebrate the news that Al-Qaida terror leader Osama bin Laden is dead in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2011. At 11.35 tonight President Obama announced "the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children." UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Mary Power reacts at the site of the former Twin Towers hours after Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. Navy Seals almost 10 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero in New York on May 2, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo
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People react at the site of the former Twin Towers hours after Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. Navy Seals almost 10 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero in New York on May 2, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo
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People react at the site of the former Twin Towers hours after Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. Navy Seals almost 10 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero in New York on May 2, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo
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