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underpants

(195,787 posts) Mon May 2, 2016, 10:21 AM May 2016

5 years ago - where were you when you heard? [View all]

Bin Laden killed.

I'm trying to find a link to ESPN. They had an interesting piece about the only major sports event going on that night (NHL and NBA playoffs both had no games) a baseball game between the Mets and the Phillies. Fans in attendance were finding out via their phones but the players had no idea what was going on just that it was clear SOMETHING BIG HAD HAPPENED.

CNN has a "Did it matter?" article today

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/politics/terrorism-bin-laden-raid-2016-isis/

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5 years ago - where were you when you heard? [View all] underpants May 2016 OP

I remember that we didn't have the TV on right then. LisaM May 2016 #1

Didn't find out until the next morning. Xolodno May 2016 #2

I don't even remember. Was it a Sunday? I think I found out via DU. Brickbat May 2016 #3

Yes Sunday night US time underpants May 2016 #4

I had just gotten home from work bigwillq May 2016 #5

Promise not to laugh at me????? ScreamingMeemie May 2016 #6

I promise underpants May 2016 #7

Prefacing with: I swear I am level-headed and not given to fits of media-induced ScreamingMeemie May 2016 #8

I'm not laughing underpants May 2016 #12

A hotel room, same as today oddly. herding cats May 2016 #9

The equivalent of clipping toenails gratuitous May 2016 #10

Interesting underpants May 2016 #14

I have to agree with you on this, gratuitous. ladyVet May 2016 #17

I was playing a Dungeons and Dragons Online nemo137 May 2016 #11

Wow underpants May 2016 #13

No, I really don't n/t shanti May 2016 #15

In college, sitting at my computer. linuxman May 2016 #16