5/1/11: A Moment in History

As the day has gone on, more and more stories and various pieces of information have come out about the United States' covert operation to finally rid the world of Osama Bin Laden. A few of the choicer selections:

1. Americans react as united members of a nation, no matter what pastime we may be wrapped up in when the news breaks.




2. These two pieces of trivia from Ryan O'Hanlon at The Good Feed Blog.

Also, President Bush gave his “Mission Accomplished” speech on May 1, 2003 (8 years to the day), and Hitler was killed on May 1, 1945 (66 years to the day). I am officially freaked out.

3. This Yahoo! article about the Navy Seals who carried out the dangerous mission with immeasurable skill and unrivaled precision.

From Ghazi Air Base in Pakistan, the modified MH-60 helicopters made their way to the garrison suburb of Abbottabad, about 30 miles from the center of Islamabad. Aboard were Navy SEALs, flown across the border from Afghanistan, along with tactical signals, intelligence collectors, and navigators using highly classified hyperspectral imagers.

After bursts of fire over 40 minutes, 22 people were killed or captured. One of the dead was Osama bin Laden, done in by a double tap -- boom, boom -- to the left side of his face. His body was aboard the choppers that made the trip back.

4. This photo:

Watching the mission to kill Bin Laden unfold.

Official White House Photo by Peter Souza :

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured.

God bless the United States of America, and all of the brave men and women who serve her.