'The Suspect' Re-Examines The Story Of Richard Jewell And The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing

On Tuesday, July 30, 1996, Richard Jewell was praised as a hero on
NBC’s Today Show . The security guard hired for the Summer Olympics
in Atlanta spotted a suspicious knapsack at Centennial Olympic
Park, where tens of thousands of visitors gathered. Two people died
and 111 were injured when the bomb inside the knapsack exploded.
Jewell’s vigilance and the evacuation that followed likely saved
hundreds of lives. But less than 12 hours after chatting with Katie
Couric, Jewell was being questioned by the FBI as the primary
suspect in that bombing.