Helicopter Crash in Abbottabad: Blogger liveblogs the raid without knowing

Twitter feeds have captured some moments like this Billy Long tweet which Long deleted shortly after it became public knowledge that Panetta was the mastermind behind the killing of Osama bin Laden:
Auctnr1 is the Twitter screenname for Billy Long, my congressman, MO 7, R. He or members of his staff frequently ride the bus. Here is a recent post comparing recent visits to the district by Congressman Long and Senator McCaskill one Tuesday during Easter break. Long is the congressman who turned over to the F.B.I. the names of local bloggers who were writing critical posts about him, saying they were "worrisome" to him. (Long also is semi-famous for his views on how to keep a free market free.)



Then there are these tweets from yesterday by Sohaib Athar (ReallyVirtual):

Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event). about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck

Go away helicopter - before I take out my giant swatter :-/ about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck

A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck

@m0hcin all silent after the blast, but a friend heard it 6 km away too... the helicopter is gone too. about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to m0hcin

@m0hcin http://bit.ly/ljB6p6 seems like my giant swatter worked ! about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to m0hcin

@m0hcin the few people online at this time of the night are saying one of the copters was not Pakistani... about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to m0hcin

han3yy
OMG :S Bomb Blasts in Abbottabad.. I hope everyone is fine :( about 18 hours ago via web Retweeted by ReallyVirtual

@raihak I try, man, I try about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to raihak

@raihak Funny, moving to Abbottabad was part of the 'being safe' strategy about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to raihak

Since taliban (probably) don't have helicpoters, and since they're saying it was not "ours", so must be a complicated situation #abbottabad about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck

@raihak yep, the mad power cuts have reached abbottabad - 14 hours daily - luckily I have a generator AND a UPS at the coffee shop about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to raihak

@tahirakram yea. *hides his giant swatter* about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to tahirakram

@kashaziz technically, it is unidentified until identified, and it is a flying object, so year, why the hell not, we have seen weirder stuff about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to kashaziz

@tahirakram they're not saying anything about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to tahirakram

The abbottabad helicopter/UFO was shot down near the Bilal Town area, and there's report of a flash. People saying it could be a drone. about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck


@wqs figures, if they have the right to shoot planes flying over the president house, the must have the same instructions for PMA about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to wqs

@smedica people are saying it was not a technical fault and it was shot down. I heard it CIRCLE 3-4 times above, sounded purposeful. about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to smedica

@tahirakram very likely - but it was too noisy to be a spy craft, or, a very poor spy craft it was. about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck

@smedica It must have been more, I started noticing the helicpoter when the noise got irritating - which part of Abbottabd are you in? about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to smedica

@smedica I live near Jalal Baba Auditorium about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to smedica

@smedica 'safer' is a relative term that has lost its meaning in Pakistan about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to smedica

Here's the location of the Abbottabad crash according to some people >>> http://on.fb.me/khjf34 about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck

Two helicpoters, one down, could actually be the training accident scenario they're saying it was >> http://bit.ly/ioGE6O about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck

terminalxpk
A Major of the #Pakistan #Army's 19 FF, Platoon CO says incident at #Abbottabad where #helicopter crashed is accidental and not an "attack" about 16 hours ago via web Retweeted by ReallyVirtual

terminalxpk
The Major also says no "missiles" were fired and all such exaggerated reports are nothing but rumours #Pakistan about 16 hours ago via web Retweeted by ReallyVirtual

and now I feel I must apologize to the pilot about the swatter tweets :-/ about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck

And now, a plane flying over Abbottabad... about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck

@raihak The day there is uninterrupted electricity in Lahore for a whole month, I will start packing my bags, until then, Abbottabad is home about 15 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to raihak

ibi2010
1 dead and 1 injured in Abbottabad for heli crashed about 15 hours ago via Snaptu Retweeted by ReallyVirtual

Interesting rumors in the otherwise uneventful Abbottabad air today about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck

naqvi
I think the helicopter crash in Abbottabad, Pakistan and the President Obama breaking news address are connected. about 12 hours ago via web Retweeted by ReallyVirtual

Report from a taxi driver: The army has cordoned off the crash area and is conducting door-to-door search in the surrounding about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck

@kursed What really happened doesn't matter if there is an official story behind it that 99.999% of the world would believe about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to kursed

@kursed Another rumor: two copters that followed the crashed one were foreign Cobras - and got away about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to kursed

@ahmedbilal @kursed Sadly. We should start learning how to spread believable stories and recreate a reality that suits us. about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to ahmedbilal

@kursed True, but stranger things have happened. I just hope they don't find my giant helicopter swatter. Must hide it :-/ about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to kursed

Report from a sweeper: A family also died in the crash, and one of the helicopter riders got away and is now being searched for. about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck

@kursed Well, there were at least two copters last night, I heard one but a friend heard two, for 15-20 minutes. about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to kursed

@harisn we are both right outside Islamabad :-) about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to harisn

BradleyK8Olsen
Abbottabad just became a sexy new spring break destination. about 10 hours ago via txt Retweeted by ReallyVirtual

kryanth
how long before the "Call of Duty : Abbottabad, Pakistan" expansion hits the stores? about 10 hours ago via web Retweeted by ReallyVirtual

Damn its getting hard to RT some funny Abbottabad tweets, they're scrolling so fast :-( about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

I need to sleep, but Osama had to pick this day to die :-/ about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it. about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

was this the type of helicopter he heard?