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Hey, it's Matt Frederick from iHeart

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Podcasts, host of stuff they don't

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want you to know. I have something new

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to share with you from Tenderfoot TV and the

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team behind Atlanta Monster. It's

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a new podcast called Flashpoint.

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Some of you may remember where you were on July

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twenty seventh, nineteen ninety six,

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when a domestic terrorist bombed the Summer

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Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia.

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While the FBI and the media fixated

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on the wrong man, the real bomber

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was planning his next targets. A

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serial bomber, a manhunt, and

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the victims left to pick up the pieces.

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This is Flashpoint. Check

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out this trailer.

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Welcome to Atlanta's Olympic Stadiums

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of the opening ceremony of these sins he on

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Olympic Games.

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Back in ninety six, Atlanta was

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booming with excitement around hosting the Olympic

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Games for the first

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time. Our said he was stepping in the center

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stage. What no one could have

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predicted is that it would be remembered

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for something else. The bomb

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har you

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have thirty minutes. Two

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people died that night, more than one

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hundred injured, and the bombings

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they were far from over.

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The two bombs an hour apart that rock an abortion

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counding in Atlanta.

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I sat down just for a second and noticed

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a bright flash and then a

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tremendous blast.

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Two more bombers, this time at an

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Atlanta nightclub catering to lesbians.

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I saw as soon as I turned the corner, basically

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someone bleeding out.

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There was really little doubt that

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we were dealing with the serial bomber. The

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FBI would lead a five year manhunt in

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search of a fugitive willing to kill for a cause.

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But this story isn't his story. It's

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a human story, one that I've

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become entangled with, and

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it turns out I'm not

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the only one.

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It kind of gave me a feeling of

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pending doom so many sleepless

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nights. I don't think I felt anything at

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the time, or I didn't let myself

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think about it.

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It didn't feel real.

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The death threats that we subsequently received

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for years threatened the lives of our kids.

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These chaotic events tied our lives together

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in ways of no one expected, jeopardizing

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the ground beneath our feet and forcing

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us to explore the gray areas between right and

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wrong. Life and death. Our

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once ordinary lives changed

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forever. From

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Tenderfoot TV and iHeart Podcasts,

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I'm Cola Cassio and this

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is flashpoint.

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Why are you so alive?

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Lord was looking after all, like I say, Available

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now on Apple Podcasts or

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wherever you get your podcasts