ATRadio: 1996 Olympics Bomb Suspect Called a Hero

(ATR) Investigators faced pressure to find the culprit for the attack in the midst of the Atlanta Games. Hear more in this podcast.

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by John
Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Gaps/AP/Shutterstock (6508026c) CENTENNIAL PARK Overall photo of Centennial Park at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, . A fatal Saturday morning explosion, centered at the bottom of the temporary tower in the foreground, closed the park over the weekend Atlanta Bombing 1996, ATLANTA, USA

The authors of a book on the Centennial Olympic Park bombing join ATR Editor Ed Hula to talk about the attack and the initial suspect who they now call a hero.

Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen spent five years working on The Suspect, published in 2019. Alexander was the U.S. Attorney who handled the initial investigation. Salwen was Wall Street Journal bureau chief for Atlanta.

The attack happened July 27, 1996.

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