In New York the people most affected by 9/11 were the first responders but equally affectedwere the people who lived there. Many of them returned to their homes in Battery Park City as soon as they could. Some of them, our grandson for one, have lived there all their lives. Yesterday, the local news paper asked people for their response to the news of OBL's death. Here are some of the heartening and sobering comments. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=gxn46jcab&v=001e4MTcRpscGrmYTMZ_3J6xTYEOJPEVekizhaIEsTGXANlPfRQMje8ECW6O5ySL4fRM9k39amEIowYF9DdPyC8VYcNzEadEyKjy5xWPbofcHgr1fxMKuVWOCXLtUia1LOy

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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