Man Unknowingly Live-Tweets Raid on Osama bin Laden

Sohaib Athar, @ReallyVirtual on Twitter, is a 33 year old programmer from Lahore, Pakistan. But, when he began tweeting about some strange activities going on in Abbottabad… he had no idea that ...
Man Unknowingly Live-Tweets Raid on Osama bin Laden
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  • Sohaib Athar, @ReallyVirtual on Twitter, is a 33 year old programmer from Lahore, Pakistan. But, when he began tweeting about some strange activities going on in Abbottabad… he had no idea that he was essentially “Live-Tweeting” the raid on Osama bin Laden.

    It seems as though Sohib doesn’t want all the attention that comes with his impromptu live-tweeting session. He just tweeted, “I am JUST a tweeter, awake at the time of the crash. Not many twitter users in Abbottabad, these guys are more into facebook. That’s all.

    In any case, if you’d like to check out Sohaib’s tweets, you can view them below in order.

    Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event). 10 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    Go away helicopter – before I take out my giant swatter :-/ 10 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S 10 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    Since taliban (probably) don’t have helicpoters, and since they’re saying it was not “ours”, so must be a complicated situation #abbottabad 9 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    The abbottabad helicopter/UFO was shot down near the Bilal Town area, and there’s report of a flash. People saying it could be a drone. 9 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    Here’s the location of the Abbottabad crash according to some people >>> http://on.fb.me/khjf34 8 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    and now I feel I must apologize to the pilot about the swatter tweets :-/ 8 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    And now, a plane flying over Abbottabad… 7 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    Interesting rumors in the otherwise uneventful Abbottabad air today 3 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    Report from a taxi driver: The army has cordoned off the crash area and is conducting door-to-door search in the surrounding 3 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    I guess Abbottabad is going to get as crowded as the Lahore that I left behind for some peace and quiet. *sigh* 3 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    I need to sleep, but Osama had to pick this day to die :-/ 2 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    Uh oh, now I’m the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it. 1 hour ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    Interesting, I didn’t think my name would trend on twtter before releasing a couple of rock albums and a few award-winning software…. 9 minutes ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

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