How SEAL Team Took Down Osama bin Laden (Minute by Minute)

The United States was on a manhunt for one of the terrorist leaders behind the 9/11 attacks, Osama Bin Laden. Check out how the SEAL team infiltrated his compound and took out the most wanted man in the world in today's epic new video.

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[itwasaliens]

The fact that the first helicopter crash landed and managed to do it silently enough to not alert the security is amazing!

[bilcarter]

The dog, "Cairo" was previously shot on another counter-terrorism operation. He was medivac'd out and it was expected he would die. He recovered, and Neptune Spear was his first mission after his recovery.

[cjhan]

It's interesting that a group of SEALs, some of the smartest highly trained people on the planet, can go into a small room and come out with different stories.

[eithnemelee]

I remember being upstairs doing homework when suddenly I heard my dad shout “Get down here everyone, you’re gonna want to see this!” My whole family went running into the living room wondering why my dad was freaking out over a White House address on TV that was just showing an empty podium. We asked what had happened and with the most dead serious look on his face he said “It’s looking like they might have killed bin Laden” and I just stood there in shock. A few seconds later Obama was on TV confirming the news. We lived in New Jersey when 9/11 happened and my mother started to cry when we learned they had really killed him. People in our neighborhood were banging pots and pans, setting off fireworks, and cheering. Part of me felt bad for being happy about someone dying but another part just felt huge relief. I feel lucky to have gotten to witness such a historic event.

[zoruauser]

Those 15 minutes of actually storming the compound and finding him probably did not feel like 15 minutes at all, the amount of stress those Seals must've dealt with and the adrenaline they might've felt

[reggiesj]

The pilot of the down Blackhawk must be said, IS the unsung hero here. Should that landing created a stir, the ENTIRE operation would have ended differently.

[shreeyahanda]

Kudos to the Navy seals for carrying out such intricate mission with so much precision. Was a little girl when got this news that he was killed still get chills listening to this flawless mission

[twistedtide]

Crazy to be from Pakistan, but being born and living in the U.S your whole life. The amount of hate you hear from both sides about each other is absolutely insane, and hope no one goes through what I did. No matter which country I was in as a child, growing up during this time, I was completely hated either way.

[Leeuwy]

Oh wow, I couldn't have been more wrong.
I always thought seals were lazy, harmless, peaceful animals.

[amyw]

my brain can't quite comprehend how it was less than 10 years between 9/11 and his killing. it's now been over 10 years since then, it just feels so crazy to think that amount of time has passed since then, it was really a monumental event

[TheLincolnshireLion]

Its great cuz i dont usually like history and science and you explain it very calmly, simple and informing in a cool cartoon way

[Slvah]

If only the whole war had been this efficient and light on civilian casualties

[strongstrong]

Imagine all that planning and the guy leaves a day before the raid

[gunner]

The reason why the helicopter crashed was because during their mock up training in Virginia Beach, they used Chain linked fences to represent the concrete wall around the compound. The chain fence ALLOWED the helicopter to keep its lift BUT the concrete wall didn't allow the air under the helicopter to escape through the wall so the helicopter lost its lift and had to crash

[Ace-bteo]

My dad knew a navy seal, the week before Osama Bin Laden died. They were eating dinner the week before and my dad asked if they knew where he was and the Navy Seal said yes. A week later he died

[ericamoton]

Osama bin laden learned that day you can run but you can't hide

[magical]

Imagine being able to say “I was the man who killed Osama Bin Laden” Literal chills

[farhansheikhahmad]

The video is almost 18 min length. They took him down in less than that, that's incredible

[babyfacebastard]

I remember when the announcement aired on TV. People in my neighborhood were yelling out their windows chanting "USA!USA!"

[SkankHunt]

This is like the fifth variation I’ve heard of the story so far after re-watching interviews with the participants.