Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a firefight yesterday, according to U.S. officials, who reported this news late last night and early this morning. Word of the death is rippling around the world, and crowds started gathering immediately in Times Square and at Ground Zero here in New York. Celeste Headlee reports live from Ground Zero.
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