American hero deactivates Trump's Twitter account on their last day

Not all heroes wear capes.
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Keith Wagstaff
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Some heroes wear capes.

Some heroes work in Twitter customer support.

Donald Trump's Twitter account went down for 11 glorious minutes on Thursday, and the internet went absolutely crazy.

It turns out this wasn't some accident. Some brave employee deactivated the account on their last day.

Who are you, mysterious hero? America wants to thank you.

UPDATE Nov. 3 11:14 a.m. PT:

Twitter said it had "implemented safeguards to prevent this from happening again" but wouldn't share further details.

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Keith Wagstaff

Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.

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