B.I.G. Enterprises makes a variety of security booths that are used along major toll roads, as well as at airports, colleges, universities and corporate facilities. But after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, B.I.G. turned much of its attention producing guardhouse booths that are used at U.S. government buildings, nuclear facilities and at chemical plants. (Photo by Walt Mancini)
9/9/2011
Album ID: 1318614
Photos by Walt Mancini
Obama visits Fort Campbell, tells bin Laden assault team, 'Job well done'
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Obama addressed roughly 2,000 troops after meeting privately with the full assault team — Army helicopter pilots and Navy SEAL commandos — who executed the dangerous raid on bin Laden's compound and killed the al-Qaida leader in Pakistan early Monday. Their identities are kept secret. Speaking to a sweltering hangar full of cheering soldiers at Fort Campbell, Ky., Obama said: "The terrorist leader that struck our nation on 9/11 will never threaten America again."
5/6/2011
Album ID: 1242440
Photos by Mark Humphrey / The Associated Press
Obama pays somber respects at 9/11 ground zero
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Marking Osama bin Laden's death where the terrorist inflicted his greatest damage, President Barack Obama soberly laid a wreath Thursday at New York's ground zero and declared to the city and the world, "When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say." (AP Photos)
5/5/2011
Album ID: 1241489
Photos by The Associated Press
Osama bin Laden's hideaway in Pakistan
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The compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed is seen half burned in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Pakistan's leader on Tuesday denied suggestions that his country's security forces had sheltered Osama bin Laden. (AP Photos/Anjum Naveed)
5/3/2011
Album ID: 1239876
Photos by Associated Press
Reactions to the death of Osama Bin Laden
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5/2/2011
Album ID: 1238275
Photos by the Associated Press
Osama bin Laden raid: Inside the Situation Room of the White House
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From halfway around the world, President Barack Obama and his national security team monitored the strike on Osama bin Laden's compound in real time, watching and listening to the firefight that killed the terrorist leader.
5/2/2011
Album ID: 1239046
Photos by Official White House Photos / Pete Souza
Sheriffs and area law enforcement react after bin Laden's death
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Police Chief Charlie Beck and other heads of law enforcement address safety concerns in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death during a press conference at the Los Angeles County Emergency Operations Center in Los Angeles on Monday May 2, 2011. Los Angeles County Sheriffs deputies patrol the blue and purple line subway platforms at Union Station in Los Angeles. (Staff Photo by Keith Durflinger)
5/2/2011
Album ID: 1239100
Photos by Keith Durflinger
Islamic Center of the San Gabriel Valley reacts to death of Osama bin Laden
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Muslim worshipers attend afternoon prayers at the Islamic Center of the San Gabriel Valley in Rowland Heights, May 2, 2011, the day after the killing of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden by U.S. Navy SEALS. (SGVN/Staff photo by Leo Jarzomb/SXCITY)
5/2/2011
Album ID: 1239042
Photos by Leo Jarzomb
Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles on the death of Osama bin Laden
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The Muslim Public Affairs Council, press conference in Los Angeles Monday, May 5, 2011 to discuss the death of Osama bin Laden. MPAC greeted the news of the death of Osama bin Laden with an immense sense of relief, and stated the fact that the country must stand together, and turn the page on a decade of terror led by bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Founded in 1988, MPAC is a public service agency working for the civil rights of American Muslims, for the integration of Islam into American pluralism, and for a positive, constructive relationship between American Muslims and their representatives. (Staff Photo by Walt Mancini)