Guess Who's Glad Osama bin Laden Didn't Die Of Cancer? (BGCP)

The answer isn't all that surprising. Speaking to The Early Show, Howard Lutnick (the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, the company that lost 658 of its employees during the terrorist attacks on 9/11) said that he was glad the United States finally took down Osama bin Laden. “I'm glad we got him,” he said. “I was afraid at first that maybe he died of cancer, which sort of would have left a big open sore there. It was good the U.S. got him. It was good the way they got him, too.” Lutnick, who is also the Chairman and CEO of BGC Partners BGCP, also spoke about the upcoming 10-year anniversary of 9/11. “The 10-year anniversary will be a day we get together,” Lutnick said. “We'll spend the day together. We'll have our charity day. All our employees give all of their commissions to charity. Last year, we raised $12 million, so that's something that's really important to us.” When asked about the challenge of rebuilding the company and providing support to the victims' families, Lutnick said that the key for his remaining employees was to take care of the people who lost their loved ones. “We committed 25% of our profits for five years to those people, the 658 families we lost,” Lutnick said. “And then we had to make money. If we didn't make money, what would be the point of that promise?” But that promise was not for nothing, as Cantor Fitzgerald went on to raise $180 million. “We paid for their health care,” Lutnick continued. “We pay for their health care still.” “After 9/11, we got all the way down to 150 people,” Lutnick added. Since that time, Lutnick says that the company has hired thousands of new employees, including 1,500 in New York.