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we have had word now of an explosion at the centennial olympic park. we're going to go now to mark mckay, who is live at nike park. mark. in the vicinity of about 10 minutes ago, there was a loud, very concussive explosion that occurred right in the vicinity of the at&t global village. that is the building that you see right over my shoulder here. there were a good number of people in the park. there was a band playing. we actually were making our way through the park from cnn center to get to this location when the explosion occurred. i saw the sense of panic to get out. it turned serious very fast. it was very loud. it made you wince. it made you wince when you heard it, and a lot of people just had a very startled look. and immediately as we reached the gates, they were hustling people to get out of the park. jim bacon: right now, we've got thousands and thousands of people evacuating the area. the police moved in very quickly. and as far as we know now, from eyewitness accounts, we've got some injuries. i remember very distinctly the smell of gunpo
we have had word now of an explosion at the centennial olympic park. we're going to go now to mark mckay, who is live at nike park. mark. in the vicinity of about 10 minutes ago, there was a loud, very concussive explosion that occurred right in the vicinity of the at&t global village. that is the building that you see right over my shoulder here. there were a good number of people in the park. there was a band playing. we actually were making our way through the park from cnn center to get...
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centennial olympic park bombing and two others around atlanta.y hope a blurry picture from that might hold a clue. we are now displaying an enhanced video frame taken at approximately 12:20 am that shows the outline of an individual sitting on the bench where the bomb later exploded. as you can see, this video is extremely blurry. vernon keenan: so the fbi arranged for the picture to be sent to nasa to see if they could enhance it with all of their specialized equipment. david hathaway: it was many months of working. we came up with a process that would stabilize and register the images, brighten them up, reduce the noise. so it was a much cleaner image and you could see important details. the main thing is we got a description of what he looked like the night of the bombing. tom bush: and it took a considerable amount of time, but we ultimately got down to an individual that you could identify some physical characteristics. david hathaway: we knew how tall the bench was. we knew how tall the wall and back of them was. so we could use that to est
centennial olympic park bombing and two others around atlanta.y hope a blurry picture from that might hold a clue. we are now displaying an enhanced video frame taken at approximately 12:20 am that shows the outline of an individual sitting on the bench where the bomb later exploded. as you can see, this video is extremely blurry. vernon keenan: so the fbi arranged for the picture to be sent to nasa to see if they could enhance it with all of their specialized equipment. david hathaway: it was...
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when a pipe bomb exploded in atlanta's centennial olympic park, throwing the 1996 games into chaos. the act of terror left two dead and injured more than 100. and now with the paris olympic games starting cnn national correspondent isabel rosalas looks back at the lessons learned and the immense security challenges in france as more than 10 million visitors are expected to be in the capital city. but first a warning, you may find some of the images in this story disturbing summer 1996 or six on atlanta, georgia a backpack is still under a bench. >> it's intentional olympic park and at 1:20 in the morning a 40 pound homemade pipe bomb filled with nails and screws explodes. >> we have had word now of an explosion at the centennial olympic park, it was just it was so loud he ran years jill of event, whole merritt. >> now we'll security consultant with more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement, was on duty that night. what was atlanta like? after that bomb went off it was chaos. munich, 1972, atlanta in 1996, beijing, 2008, they all had issues of violence, of terrorism. what i
when a pipe bomb exploded in atlanta's centennial olympic park, throwing the 1996 games into chaos. the act of terror left two dead and injured more than 100. and now with the paris olympic games starting cnn national correspondent isabel rosalas looks back at the lessons learned and the immense security challenges in france as more than 10 million visitors are expected to be in the capital city. but first a warning, you may find some of the images in this story disturbing summer 1996 or six on...
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. >> we have had word now of an explosion at the centennial olympic park. >> it was it was so loud. >an's years kill event, whole merit. >> now will security consultant with more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement, was on duty that night. >> what was atlanta like after that bomb went off? >> it was chaos. >> munich, 1972, atlanta in 1996, beijing, 2008, they all had issues of violence of terrorism what is it about an event like the olympics that draws in this violence i think it's because you just have a lot of eyes looking at you someone's going to want to do that. >> they want to draw attention to their cause is everybody was speculating that he in north carolina fbi special agent in charge, chris swecker, lead the manhunt for the centennial olympic park bomber, the after action on the atlanta olympics was pretty harsh, very poor coordination so poor police on the ground were told too late about this crucial 911 call nearly 30 years later, you can still see the importance of that nail phil well, bomb and the lessons learned from this act of terror would extend far beyond
. >> we have had word now of an explosion at the centennial olympic park. >> it was it was so loud. >an's years kill event, whole merit. >> now will security consultant with more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement, was on duty that night. >> what was atlanta like after that bomb went off? >> it was chaos. >> munich, 1972, atlanta in 1996, beijing, 2008, they all had issues of violence of terrorism what is it about an event like the olympics...
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the days olympic events from the olympic park, from centennial olympic park nearby.the stage almost took me off my feet. you could feel it. the explosion in your body? >> i ask mike, i said that was hi, good boy for the band to end the show because they were having nightly shows and mediately said, no, i think something bad just happened. i ran up to the live shot location, put my earpiece in reported until police and law enforcement told us we couldn't stay there any longer, jessica, because there may have been more explosive devices in the parking. so scary in those moments when you're in a situation like that, you don't really know what's going on. >> it's easy to look back now and say, oh, and then this happened, and this happened but in those moments you're really trying to just figure out basic information i wrote three things down, i guess. >> i don't know if reporters have reporters pads, and important, but i wrote through on that there we go that's good because devices may not work. >> i wrote three things down. jessica 120 am. you heard just before he came
the days olympic events from the olympic park, from centennial olympic park nearby.the stage almost took me off my feet. you could feel it. the explosion in your body? >> i ask mike, i said that was hi, good boy for the band to end the show because they were having nightly shows and mediately said, no, i think something bad just happened. i ran up to the live shot location, put my earpiece in reported until police and law enforcement told us we couldn't stay there any longer, jessica,...
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july 27 in centennial olympic park an explosion occurred, killing two people and injuring more than 100 over the next 18 months, several more bombings occurred, leading investigators to suspect there was a serial bomber at work the two-hour special of how it really happened. >> the atlanta olympic bombing takes a deeper look at these events. here's a preview i was making my last pass-through the park. >> and as i was walking up the sidewalk thereby the nbc tower, i was approached by a young man named richard jewell. richard was assigned as a security guard for that tower richard jewell had spotted, this backpack military model backpack called it into our command post and told him that we had a suspicious bag and they dispatched are bombed diagnostic team and then they backed up from the bag and told me at that time that it did look suspicious and that they had called for a bomb squad to in the meantime, we were in the process of trying to set up a perimeter to evacuate the immediate area. >> but as we're moving, people from that area, there was an explosion behind by was only standi
july 27 in centennial olympic park an explosion occurred, killing two people and injuring more than 100 over the next 18 months, several more bombings occurred, leading investigators to suspect there was a serial bomber at work the two-hour special of how it really happened. >> the atlanta olympic bombing takes a deeper look at these events. here's a preview i was making my last pass-through the park. >> and as i was walking up the sidewalk thereby the nbc tower, i was approached by...
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about a week after opening ceremony is on july 27 there was an explosion in centennial olympic park it claimed the lives of two people and injured more than 100 over the next 18 months, several more bombings occurred. leading investigators, the suspect there was a serial bomber is at work. the cnn special, how it really happened. the lanza olympic bombing takes a deeper look at these events. here's a preview approximately 1:25 a.m. this morning an explosive device detonated in the centennial park oh downtown it this point. >> we understand that we have 110 injured and two people who have died approximately, one 1:00 a.m. also, the atlanta police department received a 911 call the individual is we believe a white male with an indistinguishable accent a bomb had gone off within 15 or 20 minutes of the call particularly when and it went off early tune in the two hour special how it really happened. >> the atlanta olympic bombing air saturday at 9:00 p.m. eastern thank you all for watching anderson cooper 360 starts right now tonight on 360, it is her campaign in a very tight race. >> oh,
about a week after opening ceremony is on july 27 there was an explosion in centennial olympic park it claimed the lives of two people and injured more than 100 over the next 18 months, several more bombings occurred. leading investigators, the suspect there was a serial bomber is at work. the cnn special, how it really happened. the lanza olympic bombing takes a deeper look at these events. here's a preview approximately 1:25 a.m. this morning an explosive device detonated in the centennial...