Episode 937
Richard Jewell
Tue, 2019-Nov-26 01:57 UTC
Length - 2:13
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With 220,272 views on Monday, 25 November 2019 our article of the day is Richard Jewell.
Richard Allensworth Jewell (born Richard White; December 17, 1962 – August 29, 2007) was an American police officer and security guard. While working as a security guard for AT&T, he became known in connection with the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Discovering a backpack filled with three pipe bombs on the park grounds, Jewell alerted police and helped to evacuate the area before the bomb exploded, saving many people from injury or death. Initially hailed by the media as a hero, Jewell was later considered a suspect, before ultimately being cleared.
Despite never being charged, he underwent a "trial by media", which took a great toll on his personal and professional life. Jewell was eventually completely exonerated, and Eric Rudolph was later found to have been the bomber. In 2006, Governor Sonny Perdue publicly thanked Jewell on behalf of the State of Georgia for saving the lives of those at the Olympics. Jewell died on August 29, 2007, of heart failure from complications of diabetes at age 44.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:57 UTC on Tuesday, 26 November 2019.
For the full current version of the article, see Richard Jewell on Wikipedia.
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