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.
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Sohaib AtharHelicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).
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Sohaib AtharGo away helicopter – before I take out my giant swatter :-/ 10 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto
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Sohaib AtharA 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
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Sohaib AtharSince 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
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Sohaib AtharThe 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
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Sohaib AtharHere’s the location of the Abbottabad crash according to some people >>> http://on.fb.me/khjf34 8 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto
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Sohaib Atharand now I feel I must apologize to the pilot about the swatter tweets :-/ 8 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto
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Sohaib AtharAnd now, a plane flying over Abbottabad… 7 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto
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Sohaib AtharInteresting rumors in the otherwise uneventful Abbottabad air today 3 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto
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Sohaib AtharReport 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
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Sohaib AtharI 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
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Sohaib AtharI need to sleep, but Osama had to pick this day to die :-/ 2 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto
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Sohaib AtharUh oh, now I’m the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it. 1 hour ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto
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Sohaib AtharInteresting, 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