What a fiasco. The Olympic Games shoud have NEVER been awarded to this city. [View all]

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The 1996 Olympic Games in ATLANTA, United States, were marred by the Centennial Olympic Park bombing on July 27. Security guard Richard Jewell discovered the pipe bomb and immediately notified law enforcement and helped evacuate as many people as possible from the area before it exploded. Although Jewell's quick actions are credited for saving many lives, the bombing killed spectator Alice Hawthorne, wounded 111 others, and caused the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack. Jewell was later considered a suspect in the bombing but was never charged, and he was exonerated in October 1996. In 2003, Eric Robert Rudolph was charged with and confessed to this bombing as well as the bombings of several abortion clinics and gay bars. He stated "the purpose of the attack on July 27th was to confound, anger and embarrass the Washington government in the eyes of the world for its abominable sanctioning of abortion on demand." He was sentenced to a life sentence at ADX Florence prison in Florence, Colorado.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics#Participating_National_Olympic_Committees


Note to US media: next time you try to satanize some other country olympic games, at least try to put the question of "security" under due perspective.

thank you