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I was thinking about calling it a night late Sunday when I received an email alert from the Washington Post on my blackberry: “Breaking News: White House says Obama to make late-night statement Sunday on an undisclosed topic.”

“That’s weird,” I thought to myself. “Who releases news alerts without any information?” I switched over to CNN from the Real Housewives of Orange County (I know, my life is filled with strange dichotomies) to find Wolf Blitzer frantic with anticipation, telling America that the unprecedented late-Sunday announcement was indeed very serious. Because I live by myself in a city 3.5 hours away from anyone who could remotely comfort me in any kind of crisis, I immediately called my parents and texted everyone in my family, telling them to turn on their televisions. It was only a few more minutes of scared speculation (should I get in my car and drive to New York? Do I even know where the Boston bomb shelters are?) before the outlets were reporting the news all of America has been hoping for for a decade: Osama bin Laden is dead.

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