Chapter Ten: The Shot

THERE HE WAS: THE MOST WANTED MAN IN THE WORLD. OSAMA BIN MOHAMMED BIN AWAD BIN LADEN. IT IS UNCLEAR IF HE WAS ACTUALLY ARMED OR NOT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT HE DID USE ONE OF HIS WIVES AS A HUMAN SHIELD. WE DO NOT KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE SEAL THAT ACTUALLY DELIVERED THE FATAL SHOT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT BIN LADEN WAS SHOT ONCE IN THE ARM, ONCE IN THE NECK, AND THE FATAL SHOT… IN THE HEAD. THE WEAPON USED WAS THE M4 CARBINE, AS SEEN TO THE LEFT. THE SEAL THAT ACTUALLY TOOK THE SHOT HAS REMAINED UNKNOWN, ONLY BEING CALLED “THE SHOOTER,” WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF THE 24 MEMBERS, RAISED HIS M4 CARBINE, ADJUSTED HIS SIGHTS, AND TOOK THE SHOT. HE FIRED THREE TIMES, ALL HITTING BIN LADEN. IT WAS DONE.

            NOW, EVERYONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM COULD TAKE A DEEP BREATH, WITH “THE SHOOTER” SAYING OVER THE RADIO “CONFIRMED. GERONIMO IS KIA.”