Wrong Place, Right Time

bin Laden's killing changed one guy's life, and he had no idea it would do that until people discovered somehow that he'd unwittingly live-tweeted the raid. Computer programmer Sohaib Athar tweeted when he heard choppers and bombs, and now we know what he was hearing. Poor guy got inundated with media after they figured out he was the only "reporter" to be on the scene. He moved to Abbottabad to get away from the stress of city life in Lahore; now, he's got the stress of being an unwilling celebrity. (AP via Toronto Star)

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