Okay, DUers, fess up. Where were you?

[derby378]

I was watching the Ninja Warrior marathon on G4 (yes, I finally have cable again) on Sunday night with the kitty snuggled in my lap, and when I started nodding off, I just shut off the TV and went to bed. A few hours later, it's Monday morning, Banjo wakes me with a kiss on the nose, I stumble into the living room and turn on the TV again, tuning in to the morning news. WTF? Are you serious? We got Osama at long last?!? Well, slap my butt and call me a teabagger! We got him!

Anyway, that's how and when I found out. Your turn.

[quinnox]

1. I don't remember

It wasn't that noteworthy.

[PeaceNikki]

2. Brodey was just about to tell Nora why he ditched her! They couldn't wait 15 damn min to kill OBL?!!

x(

[derby378]

8. I heard a lot of CELEBRITY APPRENTICE fans were plenty pissed

The announcement cut into that broadcast, too. I am a bit surprised G4 didn't cut in with at least a special announcement from whomever was on the night shift.

[PeaceNikki]

12. I know and that made me giggle.

[Life Long Dem]

33. I thought this was great!

Cutting into the Apprentice finished up the weekend with style. Obama slapped Trump good in one weekend!

[ZombieHorde]

3. I got home from a double date and logged onto DU.

I read about the killing, and then told my wife and our babysitter.

[Enrique]

17. is that what a double date is?

a date with your wife and your babysitter?

[ZombieHorde]

51. No, that would be a porno plot. I said I found out after I came home from a double date. nt

[Drunken Irishman]

4. I was looking at porn on my computer when I accidentally hit the Twitter tab on my browser...

And noticed a tweet about Obama making a major address soon and then another tweet below that speculating bin Laden had been killed.

I then turned to MSNBC and they were talking about his address, but no specifics of why he was addressing the country.

[PeaceNikki]

7. Did you go ahead and finish or did MSNBC kill the moment?

:shrug:

[Drunken Irishman]

9. It all killed the moment...so yeah.

[PeaceNikki]

13. .

:hug:

[cliffordu]

14. LOL.......

:rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Following the nooz on Fuku

that actually will affect our global village far more than this guy... when the Energy forum goes POOF and we are on L-3.... so yes I was on DU.

:-)

I went... hasn't been on L-3 since what? 2006?

Worst, to my frenemies (on ignore)

:hi:

And yes

:hug:

[hlthe2b]

6. I saw the DU thread that Obama was scheduled to speak

and that was pretty much it for any sleep Sunday--stayed up basically all night watching tv coverage, flipping to MSNBC and then streaming Al Jazeera English online. Monday was damned hard to get through, but I had been fixated on the story.

I am just now starting to catch up on sleep, in fact.

[Scuba]

10. In the arms of Morpheus.

[underpants]

11. Just like the start of the war my wife woke me up

I didn't get up but Monday and tody have been fun to watch (including watching and listening to the furious spin by the RW media)

[northoftheborder]

15. I was in a house with no TV!

I was on the couch reading, my son on the computer, my IPhone by my side. My AP app went off (breaking news dinger) I picked it up and read the message that OBL had been killed in raid, and his body was in US hands. Could find no other news on news sites, neither could son on computer. Finally found news that President to speak at 10:30, it was way past that time, and we finally heard him speak online on ABC news. Later in the night, I read more of the details on IPhone BBC news site.

[RagAss]

16. Watching Hockey when I got a news alert on my cell.

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[calimary]

35. My son intercommed me to say the same thing.

I was upstairs and he and his girlfriend were watching TV elsewhere in the house, and I got this frantic call - "MOM!!! TURN ON CNN!!! THE PRESIDENT'S GONNA MAKE SOME SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!" I tried to calm him down a little bit - it was one of those WTF moments.

I think I was online working on the band's Facebook page. I certainly wasn't on here at that moment, otherwise I would have caught wind of something from all the alert people here. I turned to CNN and the buildup had already started, with then-unconfirmed rumors and whispers that it might be about bin Laden. Made me wonder whether they'd got him, the way things were beginning to stack up.

Pretty exciting around here the other night. What I always like about these things is they seem to prompt a lot of conversation about current events and the stuff that led up to what's happening now. Most of the time, the boys and their friends are way too young to know much about the causes of a lot of what we're now living through. So I get to explain it to them. Keeps me on my toes.

[B-Stupid]

19. Monday morning: was giving our baby a bottle

When I walked into the family room & the wife had GMA on. First words out of my mouth was "fuck yea." Great way to start the week.

[rocktivity]

20. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1021328

:headbang:
rocktivity

[markpkessinger]

21. I was at home, not watching TV, when a friend called . . .

My friend was calling from, of all places, the middle of a dance floor of a gay dance party in NYC. He said word was going around the party that Bin laden had been killed, and he wanted me to turn on the news and verify it for him. So I did.

[Elwood P Dowd]

22. Watching the Mets-Phillies game on ESPN.

Switched over to CNN during a commercial, and they were talking about some major announcement from Obama at 10:30. Kept flipping channels until the Osama info was revealed.

[El Supremo]

30. So was I.

But it was boring (I don't like either team) so I looked at DU. There was a thread that Obama was going to speak at 10:30 EDT.

[proud patriot]

23. sitting here DUing when I saw the thread that Obama was about

to announce Bin laddin's Death. My mom called as soon as the President was done speaking
to make sure I had heard I answered the phone "we got that Bastard"

[jmowreader]

24. I got a call from the newsroom

We print the Monday morning paper on Sunday night, and normally I get the files for the news section about 8pm. About 6:30pm, I got a call from Mark--he is the sports editor and is in charge of the newsroom on Saturday and Sunday night--telling me there's going to be an announcement from the president so don't figure on getting the paper real early.

Okay, no prob...I went downstairs and told the pressmen and the mailroom supervisor to expect a long night. They ordered pizza. I didn't get any--the inserting crew and the pizza showed up at the same time. (They ate the box too.)

About an hour later: "Bin Laden's dead!"

And ten minutes later MY boss called to tell me...he got a call from the managing editor of one of our other papers.

[AmericaIsGreat]

25. I had just come back from a Washington Capitals game

That's hockey, by the way.

As soon as I got home at about 11 I turned on the TV to Al Jazeera English (best news channel ever, by the way) and there it was.

[Hosnon]

26. At a dinner party explaining how my mom and I have a common bond in politics,

when she called my cell and told us that the President would be making a speech.

Funny timing.

[virgogal]

27. I was on-line and found out just before the president spoke.

Someone,somewhere posted thst Osama was dead.

[DevonRex]

28. I was watching Masterpiece Theater but surfing on my iPhone

at the same time, luckily, since they didn't interrupt the show for the President's announcement m

[txwhitedove]

29. Kids were in bed and quiet, so I was doing laundry and got a text

message from my son. Then had CNN on TV and Al Jazeera live stream on laptop.

[stuntcat]

31. when it was announced, sleeping

we go to bed early. It might have been announced while we were up but we listened to music that night instead of the radio.

But I heard when I turned on NPR the next morning!

[Louisiana1976]

32. I was at home listening to the radio.

[WinkyDink]

34. Watching Trump!

[JuniperLea]

36. I was channel surfing... looking for news...

Boy Howdy! Did I find news!

I had spent the day in the wooded areas of Los Angeles... checking out some favorite old campsites, etc., so I was home and tired and thinking about going to bed when I picked up the remote. This was the last thing I expected to hear!

[TK421]

37. working n/t

[uppityperson]

38. Checked into Du and was puzzling over the first couple posts when MrUP came in with an odd

look saying he'd just turned on the tv and heard the rumor of Pres Obama's upcoming speech. I thought I had put that day 10 yrs ago behind me but I found myself tearing up over those who died then and since in the aftermath. Thinking "wtf? I thought he was already dead?" and "good". And crying.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

39. I had just walked into my hotel room and turned on the TV when it was being announced.

I was shocked and couldn't decide how I felt or what to think about the news. I'm still not sure how I feel, really. Beyond that I don't feel any regret for his death.

[steve2470]

40. I could not sleep and turned on the computer to Google News at 1 AM my time nt

[joshcryer]

41. On DU.

[jus_the_facts]

42. Right here.... after I broke the news right here there was an announcement coming...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1003137

[Odin2005]

43. On DU.

[tallahasseedem]

44. I was watching the Phillies game!

They started chanting...it was awesome!

[laruemtt]

45. i was upstairs in bed reading a book about

women's adventures in the wilderness. hubby yelled up from downstairs, "BREAKING NEWS!!!" didn't get back to my book sunday nite :-)

[City Lights]

46. I was here.

I saw a thread indicating that Obama was going to make a statement, so I turned on MSNBC.

DU rocks!

[blondeatlast]

52. Same here. nt

[Zorra]

56. Me too. nt

[guitar man]

47. At home

The wife and I had put the little one to bed and we were...um... on the couch. The tv was on with the sound turned down, she happened to look over and see the shot of the presidential podium, then our iPhones started beeping with news alerts. She finally got me to...uh... turn my attention from her to the news. :blush: :evilgrin:

[CBHagman]

48. I found out through DU.

There was a reference to the president making a televised address that very evening, and there were a few panicked posts. So I clicked on Breaking News, read the headlines, and headed over to the C-SPAN site, where I watched an interview with a photographer while waiting for the president to speak.

[Moderator]

49. I caught it as it was breaking while channel surfing...

stayed up late to get info. Not much at that point, except bin-Laden was dead, and we had lost a couple of Seal Team 6.

Later, there were reports of all kinds of deaths and carnage, and I knew it was time to break myself away...but only for a few minutes, I needed more, and was amazed to the kids at the WH. I expected them at Ground Zero, but the kids at the WH impressed me. A late night spontaneous gathering...rarely see that.

[WolverineDG]

50. I was watching Celebrity Apprentice

aka brain candy. :) Got to watch Obama upstage Trump twice in a 24-hour period. It was mah-ve-lous, dah-link!

on edit: also spent the time texting friends back & forth, basically of the OMG, :wtf: , can you believe this? glad we got him variety.

dg

[Veruca Salt]

53. I was actually IN DC on vacation....

but had gone to sleep before the announcement! I lamented the fact in the morning as I would have gone out and partied.

[Modern_Matthew]

54. I was stocking shelves at Wal-Mart and here came a work buddy marching to tell me...

We're about the only two guys in the whole store that know our shit. He's in his 50s and I'm 23. He's more of a moderate. I'm a socialist.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

55. I know I heard it some time during the day, but

I honestly don't remember what I was doing or where I was.

It just wasn't that big a deal for me, not like 9/11 (when I didn't learn about it till it was all over since I was living on the West Coast) or the Challenger blowing up (announced by one of my students who was late to class) or JFK's assassination (I was in junior high school math class).

[Duer 157099]

57. Hanging out on DU, saw WH was going to be making an announcement

and then watched MSNBC anchors trip all over themselves trying to not reveal what the news was, and then eventually got the go ahead to spill it before Obama even had a chance to tell it himself.

[devilgrrl]

58. I was online and assumed it was a death in absentia

I thought he'd been dead for years.

[David__77]

59. Just got home from a terrible spaghetti dinner.

Nothin special... For some reason, I registered no surprise. I expected this for a long time.

[MacNfries]

60. I told my wife to put her clothes back on, there was a special bulletin about OBL on the TV ...

[Codeine]

61. Same place I am whenever big news breaks.

At work. Sigh.

[Raine]

62. I was watching 60 minuets (I'm in CA) it was

close to 8:00pm. I had fallen asleep but wanted to watch the Amazing Race so I was waking myself up and saw that something was going on that was pretty special. Saw the banner "breaking news Osama Bin Laden killed" but had to read it twice before it really sunk in. I was thrilled and ran into the other room to alert everyone else! :bounce:

[krispos42]

63. I had on Cartoon Network in the background...

...while surfing DU. Was going to hit the hay at about 11 or so... had to get up early for a run to New Jersey.

A couple of threads pop up saying that the president was going to be speaking live at 10:30pm.


Well, at about 10:15 I go upstairs and tell the parental units that something was up, and I turn on MSNBC. The networks didn't have a clue, so I figured that either a) there was some sort of naval disaster or b) the Marines were about to storm Tripoli.

Again.

I was trying to think of something that would happen in a very isolated area where no media was in position to catch a rumor from anybody or pickup a stray distress call. A nuke boat sank, maybe. A hundred people trapped at 200 fathoms in the North Atlantic.

So I diddled around upstairs on the big TV screen until about 10:50, then went back downstairs to poke around on DU while I had the smaller TV on next to me.

Then the rumors started circulating. Then some DUers reported that CBS was reporting OBL dead. Then I was like "Yes! About time!"

[rainbow4321]

64. Had CNN on as background noise

And heard them announce the upcoming live POTUS coverage. Texted some family members (who dont't follow politics) telling them to find a TV to turn on ASAP since it was really, really, REALLY NOT normal for POTUS to go live so late at night. Especially my daughter who lives in NYC since the whole phrase "this has to do with national security" had me worrying if it was going to involve a NYC location.
Spent the time speculating with them all thru texts while surfing the cable news channels and refreshing DU pages!


Stayed up most of the night watching coverage...I don't even know what time I fell asleep on the couch with the TV on, woke up at 9am still curled up the couch!

[cali]

65. Not a momentous event to me