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May 2, 2011 Osama Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Navy Seals

Where were you and what were you doing when you heard about the death?

From the lens What Were You Doing During Great Moments in Recent History?.

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  • MarigoldTortelli Jan 20, 2012 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    I work nights so I was asleep while the television news was going crazy. When I got to work my co-worker told me, and I left the television on while I was working and just watched New York celebrate on CNN.
  • CruiseReady Dec 19, 2011 @ 11:10 am | delete
    I was at work in my home office when the fabulous Navy Seals scored this one.
  • dlcass Dec 14, 2011 @ 11:09 pm | delete
    I was driving to my afternoon job, and was listening to the radio. I knew my Army son would be ecstatic.
  • skiesgreen Dec 8, 2011 @ 6:43 pm | delete
    I was on my computer and heard it on the morning news on the radio.
  • aquarian_insight Dec 8, 2011 @ 4:13 am | delete
    I honestly don't remember. To be honest, I don't feel it was a momentous event for me personally.
  • Todayhaspower Dec 7, 2011 @ 10:08 pm | delete
    I was at the video store, and this random guy said "Um, I don't know if anyone cares...but my buddy just texted me and said it was on the radio that Osama Bin Laden was killed." Then I texted my friend who know's all the current news stuff and he confirmed it. :) Congrats on LOTD!
  • hzandstra Dec 7, 2011 @ 7:06 pm | delete
    I heard it on the news as I was waking up. I thought it was a dream... Then heard it again and woke up to see it on T.V.
  • RawBill Dec 7, 2011 @ 2:53 pm | delete
    I think I first saw this news when I opened up my computer first thing in the morning and it was on my Google homepage.
  • DLeighAlexander Dec 7, 2011 @ 2:09 pm | delete
    Visiting my son in St Paul, Minnesota.
  • Frankster Dec 7, 2011 @ 1:54 pm | delete
    Watching TV
  • BunnyFabulous Dec 7, 2011 @ 1:45 pm | delete
    I was at home on the computer; a friend posted on facebook about it.
  • entertainmenteveryday Dec 7, 2011 @ 1:38 pm | delete
    I was giving a lecture about Toni Morrison. Wow...the memories.
  • fugeecat Dec 7, 2011 @ 1:33 pm | delete
    I was at work when the news came in.
  • PeterStreep Dec 7, 2011 @ 1:16 pm | delete
    hmmm ideed, I do not think the killing of Obama Bin Laden (who should have been brought to the international court in the first place) is a big event in history.
    The falling of the Berlin Wall is massive though I think and was left out.
    History is worldwide, it's not only about america.
  • mukunda22 Dec 7, 2011 @ 12:40 pm | delete
    I was at work when one of my
    Colleagues ran out of a patient's room excitedly saying that Bin Ladin was killed. Naturally, I never believe anything I hear until further verification. But as we
    all now know, it is true.
  • Tiggered Dec 7, 2011 @ 12:06 pm | delete
    I don't think Osama bin Laden is a really big persona anywhere out of US or his home country. I was told some days after the fact by a friend who, unlike me, owns a TV set and I wasn't much excited by the news
  • jimmyworldstar Dec 7, 2011 @ 11:44 am | delete
    I wasn't old enough to witness the Kennedy assassination and I was just two when we landed on the moon. During some of the others like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina I was watching it on TV at home or my office far away from where they all took place.
  • maurissam Dec 7, 2011 @ 10:55 am | delete
    I was at home, when I heard news flash on air....
  • autofanatic Dec 7, 2011 @ 10:46 am | delete
    I was at my favorite Navy Seal bar (McP's) in Coronado, CA having a beer. It tasted good!
  • NidhiRajat Dec 7, 2011 @ 9:26 am | delete
    hmmmm..news is having worth...
  • cffutah Dec 7, 2011 @ 9:06 am | delete
    driving in the car, heard on the radio.
  • davidleetong Dec 7, 2011 @ 8:51 am | delete
    9/11, we were having our first ever major airsoft team meeting... then we saw the towers collapse on CNN... couldn't forget how shocked we were thinking it was a movie commercial
  • JoshK47 Dec 7, 2011 @ 8:50 am | delete
    I was just relaxing, reading a book, when text messages and twitter started flying.
  • jptanabe Dec 7, 2011 @ 8:33 am | delete
    Watching Trump''s Apprentice show - they interrupted the last 15 minutes to tell us there was going to be an important announcement!
  • rajinsan Dec 7, 2011 @ 8:27 am | delete
    I was able to trust on mine ears when i hear this news.
  • WindyWinters Dec 7, 2011 @ 4:41 am | delete
    I heard it on the evening news. I thought it was a hoax and couldn't believe what I was hearing.
  • slappywalker Dec 7, 2011 @ 1:02 am | delete
    I was at my father's house for a visit, and I was getting ready to go to bed. I kept seeing that there was going to be a news conference on TV but there were no details. I hopped on Twitter and saw the buzz building that the announcement was that Bin Laden had been killed.

    I still found it ironic that the press conference cut into an episode of The Apprentice.
  • junior3643 Sep 10, 2011 @ 8:38 pm | delete
    I was obviously sleeping when it happened but when I got up I went to check my email before school and on the front headline of comcast.net was this headline. We then later talked about it in history class.
  • BevsPaper May 9, 2011 @ 6:22 am | delete
    Engrossed in watching one of our favorite Sunday evening shows when the last 15 minutes were interrupted for the news.
  • Glenn619 May 9, 2011 @ 5:53 am | delete
    Was having a short nap
  • _Joan_ May 9, 2011 @ 5:11 am | delete
    I had been out all day. When I got home that evening I turned on my computer and saw on my Twitter feed that people were tweeting about bin Laden's death.
  • ChrissLJ May 8, 2011 @ 10:38 pm | delete
    I was writing a lens. It was only my 2nd day of vacation from work, and I was determined to not turn on the TV all weekend. Someone posted on FB that I needed to turn on the news and caught it right before Pres. Obama made his speech.
  • ChineseKitesforKids May 8, 2011 @ 9:36 pm | delete
    Writing a lens...lol No really, I was.

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