殺死本拉登的人

前海豹突擊隊員Robert O'Neill 的紀實自傳小說--The operator, 講述了他殺死本拉登的全過程，書中他從自己小時候講起，如何通過層層篩選進入海豹突擊隊，參加各種任務，到後麵成功狙殺本拉登，以及成名後的煩惱。

其實這書不能算小說，應該是紀實文學， O'Neill 把自己經曆婉婉道來，融進了個人真實感情，讓我感受到了鐵漢柔情的一麵。特別是他要去執行刺殺本拉登的那個傍晚 （那時他還不知道目標是誰，隻知道是個極其重要的任務)，臨走之前他和他父親打了個電話，那一段寫得非常感人。

“Hey, Dad,” I said after hearing his familiar hello on the other end. He told me he'd just parked at Walmart to pick up a few things. “Just getting ready to hop on a bird.” I said.

This time I said, “Don't worry, Dad. I'm with some great guys.” He instantly sensed the difference. “Everything okay, son?”

“Yeah, everything's good. Hey, Dad, I just wanted to say thanks for everything. Thanks for teaching me how to shoot free throws. Thanks for teaching me how to be a man. It's nice that we got to know each other as adults.” My dad knew I couldn't tell him what was up. But he knew something was, and it scared him.

電影裏海豹突擊隊員一個個勇猛無敵，但其實執行任務時他們也害怕，當時突擊隊員被要求從伊拉克軍事基地坐著直升機低空飛行進入巴基斯坦，由於害怕泄露風聲，沒用通知巴基斯坦軍方，他們有隨時被當作入侵者擊落的風險。

Now that we knew we were in Pakistan, we also knew we could get shot down at any minute.

Thoughts start running through your mind: How does it feel when a helicopter blows up? Do you die instantly or does it crash and you're falling and something cuts your head off? How long does it take to die? You're just thinking all these weird, jumbled thoughts.

 本拉登住宅有三層，他本人住在第三層。O'Neill 和隊員一行人從住宅的底層直接衝到頂層， 幾乎沒遇到抵抗，在第二層樓時遇到了本拉登兒子的頑抗，後者瞬間被擊斃，同時本拉登的一個老婆從三樓衝了下來， O'Neill 的隊員製服了她，最後O'Neill一人率先衝到了三樓臥室，在那兒撞上了本拉登。

Osama bin Laden stood near the entrance at the foot of the bed, taller and thinner than I'd expected, his beard shorter and hair whiter. But it was the guy whose face I'd seen ten thousand, a hundred thousand times. He had a woman in front of him, his hands on her shoulders. In less than a second, I aimed above the woman's right shoulder and pulled the trigger twice. Bin Laden's head split open, and he dropped. I put another bullet in his head. Insurance.

O'Neill出名後和一些911遇難者的家屬見了麵， 他把自己任務時穿過的衣服捐給了911紀念館， 一個兒子在911遇難的老人對O'Neill說了這段話：

“Every single day, my grandson has asked me, ‘Why did God do this?’ and I always say, ‘God didn't do this. The devil did this.’

"He looked up at me, a tear running down his cheek and a defiant gleam in his eyes. He said, “You, sir, killed the devil.”

O'Neill最後對自己的評價：

 I simply worked with cool guys, walked behind cool guys. Sometimes, by chance, I found myself in the front, would turn a corner, and do something cool myself. That's how I found myself in Osama bin Laden's bedroom; I arrived on the shoulders of giants.

英雄雄姿:

Robert O'Neill, a decorated 16-year veteran of the Navy SEALs, claimed to be the man to shoot and kill Osama bin Laden in May 2011.