and preston mitchum headed to see how people are reacting with the news of osama bin laden. >> reporterthe city of aberdeen is a close-knit community where folks know their neighbors have a military connection. >> i have an uncle and cousin in the military. >> i have a grandson a marine in the marines. >> reporter: at the 24 hour super laundry on route 40, sandra johnson reflects on her grandson's service ants importance of a unified country. >> our country showed how good we stick together when we go through things like that when we have that 9/11 attack. >> reporter: from meat ball subs to steak salad town pub and executive was watching. >> when we saw people chanting, we didn't get it and on the news came the ticker that said that bin laden was killed and we were all just dumfound. >> reporter: with a 21-year-old daughter enlisted in the navy she understands the hard sheps of war but gratified justice has been served. >> i thought when i heard the news that they buried him at sea in how appropriate because he can live in a lost world forever. >> i am sure that if anything happens, we

. >> reporter: in aberdeen, preston mitchum, abc2 news. >> well, security is being beefed up at fort detrick. there is no specific threat, but the base points to military installations around the country are all on high alert. visitors may have to undergo more thorough vehicle searches and identification to get into the commissary. >>> when those planes hit the twin towers, heroes, men and women, police and fire didn't hesitate. tonight they're sharing their stories. >> the nation and for the world, a murderer is killed. just one more battle in the war, and this war is not over. >> fire trucks roared through times square overnight as word spread that u.s. forces had killed bin laden. ten years ago 9/11, 343 firefighters died at the world trade center. >>> closer to home tonight, firefighters in baltimore county talked about bin laden's death and what it means for them. >> i am sure it puts to rest a big chapter for everybody, not only the citizens of the united states but all the family members of the firefighters that passed in the 9/11 attacks. ime sure it springs sollis to their f