Bin Laden's Death Evokes Memories of Those Lost on 9/11

While cheers from people in all walks of life and in the military erupted across the United States upon hearing the news of Osama bin Laden's death, the mood was much more solemn here in Lindenhurst.

Those in the community took a somber stance, choosing to remember the family, friends and fellow firefighters who lost their lives nearly a decade ago.

Tom Moran reacted to the news of by choosing to remember his fallen brothers.

“The only thing I’d mention that would be fitting on a day like this would be to remember the people killed on 9/11,” he told Lindenhurst Patch. He lost two good friends and fellow firefighters that fateful day.

“ and Richie Muldowney, Jr. were city firefighters, and they were good friends,” he said. “Maybe their families, and other families, finally got rest today, on a day like this.”

Charles Clyne, a long-time Lindenhurst resident and current school board candidate, his three sons and one daughter is one such family. The Clynes lost Susan, a wife, mother and senior vice president for Marsh and McLennan Companies, in the attacks that toppled the World Trade Center that Tuesday morning in September.

Charles Clyne’s statement regarding bin Laden’s death was short and to the point.

“It was reported that out of respect for sharia law, bin Laden's body was cremated within 24 hours. Out of respect for all Americans, his body should have been fed to the lions at the Bronx Zoo to turn him back into the steaming pile of excrement he truly was,” he told Lindenhurst Patch. “I mean no disrespect to lions.”

Clyne – who’s a member of the co-chaired by Doug Madlon that and the created – declined to comment any further.

also ran as a candidate for the Lindenhurst Board of Education against , who was .

His wife Susan was a senior vice president and computer analyst in charge of global software design for Marsh and McLennan, the largest insurance company in the world. It held eight floors in the North Tower (tower number one), between 93 and 100, for its global headquarters.

Susan Clyne worked on the 96th floor, and was one of 265 employees and 60 contractors that worked for Marsh and McLennan who died in 9/11.

She was who died in 9/11. Joseph Angelini, Jr., Joseph Angelini, Sr., Geoffrey E. Guja, Gary H. Lee and Laurence Nedell also lost their lives that day in the attacks.

Susan and Charles Clyne met in 1985 and married in 1987. They later settled in Lindenhurst, where they had four sons. Susan Clyne had an affinity and love for computers, and imparted that to her children, and after she died, Clyne and their children decided to create a memorial fund in her name, the Susan M. Clyne Memorial Foundation.

Since then they have donated many computers to the Lindenhurst School District.