So, as you all know, early Monday May 2nd our country was informed that Osama bin Laden was killed by US military. What I found so interesting about this, is that Sohaib Athar, an IT consultant was Tweeting live about it! And he didn't even know what was going on! He began tweeting about the noises he was hearing, the helicopter he saw, and how scared he was. Then, after realizing what was going on, his tweets read:
"Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it."
"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."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Twitter-user-reported-live-about-raid-that-killed-Osama/articleshow/8141860.cms
Social networking has truly taken over the way we get our news. I thought this was so amazing that someone was tweeting as this raid was occurring. It's so interesting that we are able to witness first hand what it was like over there, via someone's thoughts on Twitter.
Second, I'd like to discuss the people and their reaction to this news. Everyone in the U.S. is going crazy over this! We are rejoicing, and so happy because most feel like this is revenge from what happened on 9/11. While it certainly is not okay to rejoice over someone's death, in my opinion I feel that we as citizens are entitled to be happy about this. We have been looking for him for about a decade now! On the news this morning, I heard that a huge group of Americans joined in front of the White House to sing The Star Spangled Banner, and chant "USA!".
While our country is going through war and turmoil with the economy, raising gas prices, and differing opinions in the government, it's so amazing to have this sense of unity. Today, is a VERY proud day to be an American.
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