now here is julie salamon on the 1985 murder of leon klinghoffer. >> good evening everyone and thank you so much for coming. please plan to join us upstairs afterwards. welcome to the free library of philadelphia. i am the director of author events. tonight we look back more than 30 years to the brutal murder of a disabled jewish new yorker at the hands of the palestinian terrorists an incident that shocked the world and continues to reverberate through the culture at large and to the lives of the families affected by the initial murder and the senseless reprisal. it in "an innocent bystander" the killing of leon klinghoffer julie salamon offers a train and 60-degree view of the ruinous never-ending cycle of the murder of innocents. initially a longtime banking reporter and film critic for "the wall street journal" and a tv critic and our reporter at the new york times ms. solomon has written notable nonfiction books about show business philanthropy the holocaust the insanity defense and modern medical care. for 10 previous works include several bestsellers into novels for children.

now here is julie salamon on the 1985 murder of leon klinghoffer. >> good evening everyone and thankou so much for coming. please plan to join us upstairs afterwards. welcome to the free library of philadelphia. i am the director of author events. tonight we look back more than 30 years to the brutal