Retro Local News: Richard Jewell accused of '96 bombing and compared to local arsonist by KGW (1996) — Transcript

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1. 0:03tonight after the olympics it was just a
2. 0:05matter of minutes after i got him out
3. 0:06that
4. 0:07that it exploded he's being questioned
5. 0:10in the deadly bombing in centennial park
6. 0:12but if he built the bomb why would he
7. 0:14help people escape just moments before
8. 0:16the explosion this guy had a messiah
9. 0:18complex the news channel talks with a
10. 0:20terrorism expert in the search for
11. 0:22answers
12. 0:24this is kgw northwest news channel 8
13. 0:27special edition
14. 0:31it's very very bad thing
15. 0:33and i just hope that we catch the people
16. 0:35that did it
17. 0:36he has been the focus of attention for
18. 0:38his seemingly heroic efforts in
19. 0:40centennial park but tonight this man is
20. 0:42now the focus of the fbi's investigation
21. 0:45good evening everyone and thanks for
22. 0:46staying up with the news channel at this
23. 0:48hour i'm jim bennett hello i'm carol
24. 0:49jensen our top story tonight the
25. 0:51so-called leading candidate in the
26. 0:53atlanta bombing while no one has been
27. 0:55arrested nbc news says several sources
28. 0:58point to security guard richard jewell
29. 1:00as the suspect in this case
30. 1:03you categorically say that you did not
31. 1:04do this i did not do it richard jewell
32. 1:07back home tonight is now reportedly a
33. 1:09suspect in the bombing instead of a hero
34. 1:12[Applause]
35. 1:14right after the bomb exploded in
36. 1:16centennial park jewel was credited with
37. 1:18saving lives the private security guard
38. 1:21was the first one to notice this
39. 1:22knapsack at the base of the park's sound
40. 1:24tower he told police to clear the area i
41. 1:28was in the right place at the right time
42. 1:29and used my training in the way i was
43. 1:32taught
44. 1:33richard can i speak to you soon
45. 1:35my name is
46. 1:37investigators now say juul is the focus
47. 1:40of their investigation a possible
48. 1:42suspect since saturday the fbi has
49. 1:44questioned him five times
50. 1:47they're very thorough
51. 1:48they will do whatever it takes to catch
52. 1:50who did it and i will assist them in any
53. 1:52way i can fbi agents now study
54. 1:55videotapes of the sound tower and the
55. 1:57pay phone where someone called in the
56. 1:59bomb threat and agents are listening to
57. 2:01audio tapes at the 9-1-1 center to see
58. 2:04whether jewell's voice is a match his
59. 2:06lawyer says everyone is quote barking up
60. 2:09the wrong tree i spoke with agent don
61. 2:11johnson of the fbi who said richard
62. 2:14jewell was not a suspect was not a
63. 2:16subject was not a target at one point
64. 2:19jules signed the steps of the sound
65. 2:21tower that he had once protected
66. 2:25tonight back in centennial park that
67. 2:27step is now covered and guarded by
68. 2:30someone else
69. 2:32now if richard jewell is indeed the
70. 2:34bomber he seems to fit what is called
71. 2:36the hero syndrome psychiatrists say some
72. 2:38criminals crave publicity so much
73. 2:41they'll actually hurt others just to
74. 2:42take credit for later saving them as the
75. 2:44news channel's kevin roy reports tonight
76. 2:46the hero syndrome might also be what
77. 2:49motivated an 11-year-old arson suspect
78. 2:52with us now is richard jewell the
79. 2:53security the day started with katie
80. 2:55couric hailing richard jewell a savior
81. 2:58but by the end of the day jewell was a
82. 3:00possible suspect did he crave the
83. 3:03limelight after the bombing jewell
84. 3:05approached the network seeking publicity
85. 3:08a sign psychiatrists say of the heroes
86. 3:10syndrome portland state terrorism expert
87. 3:13gary pearlstein says it's also called
88. 3:15the messiah complex a person who wants
89. 3:18to be god-like
90. 3:20it's again that power thing they want to
91. 3:22feel superior to all others today's
92. 3:25strange twist of events down in atlanta
93. 3:27brings back fresh memories of another
94. 3:29tragedy right here in aloha remember
95. 3:32this scene back in june fire killed
96. 3:34eight people here at the oakwood park's
97. 3:36apartments and remember the suspect an
98. 3:3911 year old boy who was also first
99. 3:41hailed as a hero well it's my rats
100. 3:45ray de ford said his rats woke him up
101. 3:47just in time to save his family it may
102. 3:50seem like a stretch to compare this
103. 3:5211-year-old with a 33-year-old but
104. 3:54psychiatrists say if they're both guilty
105. 3:57the motivation of ray de ford and
106. 3:59richard jewell appears to be one in the
107. 4:01same that is they feel left out unloved
108. 4:04and neglected deep down inside
109. 4:08from atlanta to aloha the terror that
110. 4:11grips the nation may be the work of once
111. 4:14and fallen heroes kevin roy kgw
112. 4:17northwest news channel 8.
113. 4:20centennial park in atlanta is once again
114. 4:22a very busy place tonight just as it was
115. 4:24when that bomb went off four nights ago
116. 4:26the crowds were back at the park today
117. 4:27and they stayed well into the evening
118. 4:29now the mood isn't quite as festive as
119. 4:31it was before the bombing but visitors
120. 4:33are trying to prove terrorism can't
121. 4:35dampen the olympic spirit now earlier
122. 4:37today the gates were reopened security
123. 4:39was much tighter and there was a flag
124. 4:41drape memorial to the bombing victims
125. 4:44we're all glad to be back in the park
126. 4:45but
127. 4:46i think for a lot of us we want some
128. 4:48sort of not retribution or vengeance but
129. 4:50we want some sort of
130. 4:52feeling that the justice is done
131. 4:54many of those park goers say they were
132. 4:56startled to learn that a security guard
133. 4:58might have planted the bomb