May 1st, 2016. Geraldo Rivera, on Fox & Friends Sunday, remembers breaking the news of Operation Neptune Spear to America.
“..as they bring Bin Laden’s body to Bagram Air Base…they have a 70inch flatscreen TV in that room, and they’re all watching Fox News….”
We begin with a montage of the coverage from that day, before Geraldo breaks down the story step by step. Unsure at the time whether or not President Obama would make an address that late at night, Fox News Channel was the first to break the news of the terrorist mastermind’s capture and death. Later, on speaking to Robert O’Neill, the Seal Team Six member that fired the fatal shot, we learn that the Americans involved in the capture were watching Geraldo on Fox News as they waited for forensics identification of the remains.
Usama Bin Laden was shot and killed in Pakistan, in an unannounced daring raid by America’s finest. He was later buried at sea.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.