Osama bin Laden dead, Ohio State students react

By Thomas Bradley (TheLantern.com) -

President Barack Obama announced to the nation and to the world Sunday night that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, is dead. Students at Ohio State abandoned their studies, sleep and law-abiding ways to celebrate.

Obama announced at about 11:30 p.m. that the U.S. had located bin Laden and killed him in a CIA-conducted operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan, 30 miles outside of Islamabad.

“Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children,” Obama said in his address to the nation.

After an almost 10-year manhunt for bin Laden, the U.S. now has possession of his body.

“America can do whatever we set our mind to,” Obama said. “That is the story of our history.”

OSU students quickly began to celebrate.

John Bischoff, a third-year in hospitality management, said he was sacrificing study time to celebrate with his fellow Buckeyes.

“I mean, I’ve got a three-page paper due in about six hours, and I’m here. I mean, why not? America, f— yeah,” Bischoff said.

Hundreds of students joined Bischoff to share their…….
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