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Family of 9/11 Manipuri victim celebrates Osama death
- Times of India -
K Sarojkumar Sharma, TNN | May 2, 2011, 10.59pm IST
Like the rest of the world, the news of Osama bin Laden's death brought cheers to the Manipur capital where the relatives and friends of a 9/11 victim from Imphal celebrated the sensational event.
Jupiter Yambem (42), a native of Imphal's Uripok Yambem Leikai, was among the 3,000 people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. He was a banquet manager with Windows of the World, a restaurant spread across 40,000 sq ft on the 107th floor of the WTC.
Welcoming Laden's death, Yamnen Laba, Jupiter's elder brother, said, "I'm so happy that justice has been done. I thank US president Barack Obama, who ordered the oppression against bin Laden. Now my beloved brother can finally rest in peace."
Jupiter is survived by his American wife, Nancy McCardle Yambem and son Santi Mc Cardle (15) aka Chinglailakpa (dragon-tamer). The mother-son duo, who lives in New York, often visits Imphal to spend time with Jupiter's relatives.
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