Photo gallery: Crowds gather at Ground Zero the day after Osama bin Laden’s death

News crews and onlookers gathered at Ground Zero the day after Osama bin Laden’s death was confirmed by President Barack Obama.

photo by: Whitney Mathews

Media satellite trucks line up for blocks on Church Street near Ground Zero Monday, May 2, 2011, the day after Osama bin Laden's death in Pakistan was announced.

photo by: Whitney Mathews

Crowds line up along barriers on Church Street to watch news crews broadcast live from Ground Zero on Monday, May 2, 2011. The streets near the former site of the World Trade Center towers were packed with journalists, satellite trucks and visitors snapping pictures.

photo by: Whitney Mathews

Masts from news crew live trucks stand ready to broadcast on Vesey Street near Ground Zero in New York City on Monday, May 2, 2011, the day after President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed. Dozens of media outlets lined the streets giving live reports from the site of the Sept. 11, 2011, terrorist attacks.

photo by: Whitney Mathews

A small memorial of flowers and American flags had been stuck to the chain-link fence surrounding the former site of the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City on Monday, May 2, 2011. Police officers helped direct traffic and keep visitors to the site moving through nearby streets the morning after it was announced that Osama bin Laden's had been killed.

photo by: Whitney Mathews

Crowds gather to watch a live broadcast from the corner of Church and Vesey streets near Ground Zero on Monday, May 2, 2011. Dozens of media outlets reported from the site of the Sept. 11, 2011, terrorist attacks the morning after Osama bin Laden's death was announced.