HOT 107.9 » 24 hr. http://1079ishot.com Acadiana's Hottest Music Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Osama bin Laden Dead: Recapping 24 Unforgettable Hours in History http://1079ishot.com/osama-bin-laden-dead-recapping-24-unforgettable-hours-in-history/ http://1079ishot.com/osama-bin-laden-dead-recapping-24-unforgettable-hours-in-history/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 13:50:23 +0000 Chris Logan http://1079ishot.com/?p=8776 A late-night announcement made from the White House's East Room on Sunday set the world aflutter, and news of the death of Osama bin Laden quickly spread across the globe.

President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that bin Laden had been killed and his body taken into U.S. custody in Pakistan.

Word of the death of Al Qaeda's leader quickly spread, and politicians, celebrities and athletes began releasing statements while crowds gathered across the country in celebration of bin Laden's death.

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