President Obama To Visit Ground Zero Following Bin Laden Death

President Obama will travel to New York City on Thursday to mark the death of Osama bin Laden by visiting the site of the World Trade Center and meeting with families of victims from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The President is scheduled to deliver a speech, tour the site and meet privately with family members, an administration official said. The site in lower Manhattan filled with crowds when Mr. Obama announced late Sunday evening that Bin Laden had been killed. The crowds continued throughout the day on Monday.


The President has paid visits to Ground Zero before, but never in a moment that is steeped with such symbolism. In the days after the attack nearly a decade ago, President George W. Bush grabbed a bullhorn and stood amid a pile of rubble in one of the most iconic moments of his presidency.


“I think we can all agree this is a good day for America,” Mr. Obama said at the White House on Monday. “Our country has kept its commitment to see that justice is done. The world is safer; it is a better place because of the death of Osama bin Laden.”