Relatives of the victims are not the only Americans feeling relief Monday morning -- American Muslims also hope the death of bin Laden will open a new chapter in history.
But the BBC's Susannah Price says that if Bin Laden decided to leave now, he would have few options open to him as no other country would want to face the threat of US attacks.
That same fall, Sheikh Salman al-Oadah, a cleric whom bin Laden has praised in the past, appeared on an Arabic television network and read an open letter to the Al Qaeda leader.