Rob O'Neill Says 9/11 Killed 2,977 and Drove His Path to Bin Laden Raid
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
Rob O'Neill Says 9/11 Killed 2,977 and Drove His Path to Bin Laden Raid
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
Summary
Ahead of the 25th anniversary, Rob O'Neill said he and other service members in Stuttgart on Sept. 11, 2001 instantly knew their lives had changed after the second hijacked plane hit.
O'Neill said the names Usama bin Laden and al-Qaeda were quickly raised in the operations center, and the attacks pushed him to re-enlist and eventually join SEAL Team Six.
That path culminated in the 2011 raid in Pakistan that killed bin Laden, though O'Neill said he had no idea on 9/11 that he would help hunt down the attacks' mastermind.
Looking back 25 years after the attack that killed 2,977 people, O'Neill said he most remembers the national unity that followed and wishes Americans could recover some of that spirit.
For younger Americans who were not alive on 9/11, he urged a simpler lesson: value family, neighbors and first responders, and do not let daily anger or negativity take over.
Why does the U.S. government remain completely silent on Rob O'Neill's controversial claim of firing the shots that killed Osama bin Laden?
Can the rare, powerful American unity that emerged after the 9/11 attacks ever be fully restored a quarter-century later?
What really happened inside the Stuttgart operations center the exact moment elite forces realized their entire military mission had permanently changed?