pfarrer describes his book seal target geronimo . pfarrer adds that amal bin laden , the al - qaeda chief 's youngest wife , was wounded in the calf during the second round of fire , as she was shoved her in the way of the shooters . the first round went into the mattress behind bin laden . the seals entered the building after being deposited on the roof by the lead helicopter , not from the ground , " pfarrer also contradicted the official account of how the seal team landed and how one of their black hawk helicopters crashed . " the other three rounds found their mark as the two seals fired as one . as the seals forced open the bedroom door , they heard bin laden ’s youngest wife screaming in arabic while raising a blanket to block their view . osama bin laden did not hear the seals ’ stealthy helicopter until it hovered over the roof of his three - story home and the chopper ’s spinning blades smashed his plastic patio chairs against his bedroom window .