The man who killed Osama bin Laden says the most important words he ever heard were never meant for the public. One crash, one staircase, one second to live or die. Then a calm voice on the radio, delivering a code that would shake the world. Fifteen years later, he\u2019s finally explaining what \u201cGero\u2026 Continues\u2026<\/p>\n
Fifteen years after the raid in Abbottabad, Robert O\u2019Neill can still replay every step of that third-floor sprint. The crash of the Black Hawk, the frantic room-clearing, the split-second decision to push forward instead of waiting for backup \u2014 all of it led to a narrow bedroom doorway and the world\u2019s most wanted man standing behind a human shield. <\/p>\n
O\u2019Neill fired the shots and watched the decade-long manhunt end in a heartbeat. Downstairs and thousands of miles away in Washington, lives and careers hung on a single radio call. The code name was \u201cGeronimo.\u201d The transmission was clinical, almost cold: \u201cFor God and country, Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo\u2026 Geronimo EKIA.\u201d <\/p>\n
In the Situation Room, Barack Obama answered with three quiet words: \u201cWe got him.\u201d O\u2019Neill later broke the SEALs\u2019 code of silence, accepting criticism to claim his role. For him, the secret had become heavier than the mission itself. READ MORE BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The man who killed Osama bin Laden says the most important words he ever heard were never meant for the public. One crash, one staircase, one second… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n