How does someone unknowingly live-tweet the biggest news story of the weekend (sorry royal wedding), if not the decade? @ReallyVirtual knows. The IT consultant was just “taking a break from the rat-race by hiding in the mountains with his laptops,” when he heard a helicopter, then a “huge window shaking bang,” and then the helicopter going down. Reading his tweets, it’s obvious he had no idea what was going on—nor how life-defining that moment would be for so many people.
https://gizmodo.com/this-was-osamas-hideout-on-google-maps-5797548
He now has over 11,400 followers, and, in his own words, is now “the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it.” Congratulations. [@ReallyVirtual via TechCrunch]
To check out our full coverage on the successful raid of Osama Bin Laden’s compound—from the planning to the aftermath—head here.
https://gizmodo.com/how-osama-bin-laden-was-brought-to-justice-5797620
