Rebuilding After Bin Laden

The death of Osama bin Laden can't erase the pain and horror of 9/11, but many Americans embrace the news as a promise of new beginnings. At Ground Zero in New York City, the rubble has been cleared away and new buildings are well on their way toward completion.

• World Trade Center Reconstruction Timeline
• September 11, 2001: Destruction, Reconstruction, and Monuments
• New York Responds to Bin Laden's Death

_{Photo: New Yorkers react to news of the death of Osama bin Laden at the intersection of Church Street and Vesey Street at Ground Zero in New York City. © Jemal Countess/Getty Images}