START FROM THERE, WE WERE 
GETTING OUT THERE.
WE WERE PREPARED FOR THAT, TOO. 
>> SO, YOU START ON THE FIRST 
FLOOR, MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE 
THIRD?
>> WE STARTED ON THE FIRST 
FLOOR.
THEY CLEARED THAT.
THERE WAS AT THE END OF A LONG 
HALLWAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR WAS A
BARRICADED DOOR, WHICH IS 
ANOTHER SIGN THAT SOMEONE 
IMPORTANT IS INSIDE.
THE GUYS AHEAD OF ME, THEY USED 
THEIR METHODS OF ENTRY, A COUPLE
DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS AND THEY 
OPENED IT, AND THEN WE STARTED 
GOING UP THE STAIRS FROM THE 
FIRST FLOOR TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
ON THE WAY UP, THE ANALYST THAT 
TOLD US WE WOULD RUN INTO 
KHALEED BIN LADEN, OSAMA BIN 
LADEN'S SON, AND SHE SAID IF WE 
SEE HIM, HE'S THE LAST LINE OF 
DEFENSE.
>> TAKE HIM OUT?
>> WELL, IF HE'S ARMED, AND HE 
WAS ARMED, SO HE WAS ELIMINATED,
THE THREAT THERE.
CONTINUED UP TO THE SECOND 
FLOOR.
I WAS ABOUT EIGHT GUYS -- THE 
EIGHTH GUY BACK, MAYBE?
ONCE WE GOT TO THE SECOND FLOOR,
THE GUYS IN FRONT OF ME, ALL 
EXCEPT FOR THE ONE MAN, STARTED 
TO CLEAR THE THREATS ON THE 
SECOND FLOOR.
WE'RE GOING TO SECURE THAT FLOOR
UNTIL WE MOVE UP.
SO, I MOVE MY WAY UP TO THE 
SECOND POSITION BEHIND THE FIRST
MAN, AND HE WAS POINTING UP THE 
STAIRS TO THE THIRD FLOOR, AND 
THERE WAS A CURTAIN ON THE TOP 
OF THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS SOME 
MOVEMENT BEHIND IT WITH UNKNOWN 
SILHOUETTES.
HE WAS GETTING CONCERNED THAT 
THEY WOULD HAVE EXPLOSIVES OR 
PUTTING ON VESTS OR THEY'RE 
RIGGING SOMETHING AND HE WAS 
LETTING ME KNOW -- WELL, LETTING
THE GUY BEHIND HIM KNOW THAT -- 
IT JUST TURNED OUT TO BE ME -- 
THAT THERE'S A THREAT AT THE TOP
OF THE STAIRS AND WE NEED TO GO 
NOW.
I NEEDED MORE PEOPLE, BUT HE WAS
SPOT ON, SO I GAVE HIM A 
SQUEEZE.
WE WENT UP THROUGH THE CURTAIN 
AND THE UNKNOWNS TURNED OUT TO 
BE SOME FEMALES.
HE SORT OF GRABBED ON TO THEM 
AND PUSHED THEM A LITTLE BIT 
DOWN THE HALLWAY, FALLING ON 
THEM TO ABSORB THE BLAST HE KNEW
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE SO THE GUY 
BEHIND HIM COULD GET A SHOT.
FROM THERE, WHEN HE PUSHED THE 
WOMEN, I TURNED TO THE RIGHT 
INTO A DOORWAY, AND THE DOORWAY 
LED TO A BEDROOM.
AND IN THE BOTTOM WAS OSAMA BIN 
LADEN, A MATTER OF FEET IN FRONT
OF ME.
AND HE HAD HIS HANDS ON HIS 
WIFE'S SHOULDERS.
HE WAS NOT SURRENDERING.
HE WAS SORT OF MOVING AND JUST 
BASED ON THE LEVEL OF THREAT OF 
HIM NOT SURRENDERING AND THE 
LIKELIHOOD OF HIM HAVING A VEST,
I SHOT HIM TWICE IN THE HEAD.
HE FELL ON THE FLOOR.
I SHOT HIM ONE MORE TIME AND I 
KILLED HIM. 
>> IN THAT BRIEF MOMENT YOU HAD 
WITH HIM, DID YOU GET A SENSE OF
HIM AT ALL?
WAS IT LIKE, THIS IS THE WORLD'S
MOST EVIL MAN?
OR WAS IT, THIS IS A COWARD, 
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER GUY?
WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE?
>> THE SENSE WAS RECOGNITION OF,
FIRST OF ALL, AN I.D. OF HIM AND
HE IS A THREAT.
AND THEN I HAD TO SHOOT HIM.
AND IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME I 
HAD DONE THAT ON A TARGET 
BEFORE.
THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TARGET I 
HAD BEEN ON.
AT THAT POINT, HE WAS A TARGET.
I RECOGNIZED THE THREAT, I 
RECOGNIZED THE INDIVIDUAL WE 
WERE AFTER, WHICH WAS OSAMA BIN 
LADEN, AND I ENGAGED. 
>> A SNIPER FRIEND OF MINE WANTS
TO ASK YOU, WHAT DID IT FEEL 
LIKE?
>> AT THAT MINUTE, IT WAS JUST, 
IT FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE 
FIRST -- THE INITIAL THREAT THAT
I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF, AND THEN 
THERE WERE MORE THREATS.
THREATS ARE JUST POTENTIAL 
UNKNOWNS.
THERE WERE TWO MORE -- WELL, 
THERE WAS A WOMAN AND THEN WAS A
CHILD.
I WANTED TO PUT THEM IN A PLACE 
WHERE THEY WERE NOT IN DANGER, 
SO THEY WENT ON THE BED AND THEN
OTHER SPOTS HAD TO BE CLEARED.
IT WASN'T UNTIL MORE S.E.A.L.s 
WERE IN THE ROOM AND THE ROOM 
WAS CLEARED THAT I HAD A MOMENT 
OF PAUSE.
AND I TALKED IT A FRIEND OF MINE
IN THE ROOM, AND HE CAME UP TO 
ME AND PUT HIS HAND ON MY 
SHOULDER, AND I SAID, "HEY, WHAT
DO WE DO NOW?"
AND HE SMILED AND SAID "NOW WE 
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