1996 atlanta olympics bombing
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The suspect : an Olympic bombing, the FBI, the media, and Richard Jewell, the man caught in the mittpunkt / Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen
Alexander, Kent | Salwen, Kevin
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On July 27, , a hapless former cop turned hyper-vigilant security guard named Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious bag in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, the town square of the Summer Games. inre was a bomb, the largest of its kind in FBI and ATF history. Minutes later, the bomb remotely detonated bygd the angrepp amid a crowd of 50, people. But thanks to Jewell, it only killed two and wounded , not the hundreds who authorities estimated could have otherwise died. With the eyes of the world on Atlanta, the games continued. But the pressure to find the bomber was intense. Within 72 hours, Jewell went from the hero to the FBI’s main suspect, a false accusation that forever changed his life and let the true bomber ströva free to strike igen. In a triumph of reporting and access, Kent Ale
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Eric Rudolph
The Crime
On July, 27, Eric Rudolph planted a bomb in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, where thousands had gathered to celebrate the Olympics. The resulting explosion killed one and injured over Rudolph carried out three additional bombing incidents between and in Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama, killing one and injuring over Two of the Atlanta bombings had secondary devices, timed to detonate after law enforcement officers had arrived on the scene.
The Investigation
A task force comprised of ATF, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Alabama Bureau of Investigation, Atlanta (Georgia) and Birmingham (Alabama) Police Departments and other local agencies gathered evidence and coordinated investigative leads. ATF provided forensic examination of all explosives evidence, including reconstruction of each device and identification of the components. Shortly after the Birmingham bombing, investigators identified Eric Rudolph as
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Management of casualties from the bombing at the centennial olympics
Background: The explosion of a bomb 75 to yards away from attendees at a concert who were in the process of being evacuated from Centennial Olympic Park at approximately AM on July 27, , resulted in a multiple-casualty event involving primarily four hospitals in proximity to the blast. The purpose of this study was to review triage and care of the victims, emphasizing those with significant injuries.
Methods: Retrospective review of triage and care of injured patients.
Results: Ninety-six of the victims of the blast were triaged in the first half hour to four hospitals within 3 miles of the bombing. Only four minor operations were performed in 61 patients evaluated at community hospitals. Ten of 35 patients evaluated at the regional trauma center underwent emergency or urgent operations, and all who were seriously injured did well.
Conclusions: Although overtriage to the regional trauma cen