Police presence beefed up at NY airports, WTC site

NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement agencies around the U.S. added security measures today following Osama bin Laden’s death, out of what one called “an abundance of caution.”

In Los Angeles, police were stepping up intelligence monitoring, while New York was sending extra police to its subways, airports, bridges and the World Trade Center site itself.

Judy Banez, a nurse who commutes to New York City from Pennsylvania and lived in Queens on 9/11, said she was happy bin Laden was killed and had no problem with the added security at New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal.

“We’re being vigilant and we can now go on with our lives,” she said.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it will add more police at the facilities it runs, which include the airports, the George Washington Bridge and ground zero.

“This response is not based on a current threat, but out of an abundance of caution until we have the chance to learn more,” the agency said.