Speaker 1: It started with a backpack that contained a bomb. The
Speaker 1: target the nineteen ninety six Summer Olympics.
Speaker 2: Oh there are still hitting people were Russian people to medical.
Speaker 1: I saw my mother on the ground, I got up, man,
Speaker 1: I ran.
Speaker 3: The days started with Katie Couric hiling Richard Jewell a savior,
Speaker 3: but by the end of the day, Jewel was a
Speaker 3: possible suspect.
Speaker 1: While the media and the FBI focused on the wrong suspect,
Speaker 1: a serial bomber planned his next more overtly political attacks.
Speaker 1: Two abortion clinics and a lesbian bar.
Speaker 3: We were rocked by a flash and a loud boom.
Speaker 3: Where were you in the building and where was the explosion?
Speaker 3: No one has claimed credit for these explosions.
Speaker 2: Suddenly Atlanta's mayor thinks his city might be in the
Speaker 2: sights of what he calls a deranged killer.
Speaker 1: As the authorities embarked on what would become a year's
Speaker 1: long manhunt, the victims of these attacks were left to
Speaker 1: pick up the pieces, and the country found its e
Speaker 1: facing down a long and brutal reckoning with a frightening
Speaker 1: and growing threat far right homegrown religious terrorism.
Speaker 4: We will track them down, we will bring them to justice.
Speaker 4: We will see that they are punished.
Speaker 1: From Tenderfoot TV and iHeart Podcasts. I'm Cola Cassio and
Speaker 1: this is Flashpoint, Available July twenty fifth on Apple Podcasts.