Bin Laden death - End injustice to make world safer

The killing of Osama bin Laden is a grim reminder of the outrages that were perpetrated in his and al-Qaida’s name in the US on September 11, 2001.

The first aircraft in that awful attack, bound from Boston to Los Angeles, with 81 passengers and 11 crew, was crashed into one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre as it carried 10,000 gallons of high-octane fuel. One of the passengers was Patrick Currivan from Dublin.

Less than half-an-hour later, a second aircraft, also bound from Boston to Los Angeles, with 56 passengers and nine crew, crashed into the other tower. Among the passengers murdered on that flight were Ruth McCourt from Cork and her four-year old daughter Juliana. Her brother Ronnie was working in the Twin Towers at the time but he fortunately managed to escape.