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  • The Suspect

  • An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle
  • By: Kent Alexander, Kevin Salwen
  • Narrated by: Paul Michael
  • Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (801 ratings)

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The Suspect

By: Kent Alexander, Kevin Salwen
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Publisher's summary

A contributing source for the Warner Bros.’ film Richard Jewell starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Walter Hauser!

A gripping insider account of the terrorist bombing at the 1996 Olympic Games that captured the world’s attention, and the heroic security guard-turned-suspect at the heart of it all

On July 27, 1996, a hapless former cop turned hypervigilant security guard named Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious bag in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, the town square of the 1996 Summer Games. Inside was a bomb, the largest of its kind in FBI and ATF history. Minutes later, the bomb remotely detonated by the attacker amid a crowd of 50,000 people. But thanks to Jewell, it only killed two and wounded 111, 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 roam free to strike again.

In a triumph of reporting and access, Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen’s The Suspect is a gripping story of the rise of domestic terrorism in America, the advent of the 24/7 news cycle, and an innocent man’s fight to clear his name.

©2019 by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen. Published in 2019 by Abrams Press, and imprint of ABRAMS, Inc. All rights reserved (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing
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