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Secretarys car. two two by fours that appeared to be nailed together. i thought well, its just a piece of scrap lumber. its got nails sticking out of it. i should probably throw it away. somebody will step on it. but as i bent down to pick it up, there was a slight click and instantly i could feel this huge pressure in my chest. almost a crushing pressure. and i heard what sounded like a fighter jet going over. at that point, i didnt know that it had been a bomb. what i honestly thought was some...

Bomb. computer rental store owner hugh scrutton is killed when he picks up what appears to be a piece of scrap wood. metal shrapnel penetrates his heart and tears off his right hand. this bomb contains a clue that has been known as the unabombers signature. a metal plate stamped with the letters fc. >> fc became one of the ways for us to tie in one bombing with another. and over the years, became one of the giveaways that this was a unabomb device. >> but the fc signature shed no light on the id...

The auction raised over $232,000. ted kaczynskis brother david received the $1 million reward for the unabombers capture. after paying his legal expenses, he donated the rest of the reward money to the families of his brothers victims. >> he said i know i could have had my brothers blood on my hands through an execution, but i couldnt have innocent peoples blood on my hands. >> after the trial, gary wright and david developed a close relationship. they have appeared together at numerous speaking...

I should probably throw it away. somebody will step on it. but as i bent down to pick it up, there was a slight click and instantly i could feel this huge pressure in my chest. almost a crushing pressure. and i heard what sounded like a fighter jet going over. at that point, i didnt know that it had been a bomb. what i honestly thought was someone had shot me with a shotgun. i began to think, i may not make it. >> the explosion has severed nerves in wrights left arm and impaled more than 200 pie...

>> package bomb blew as dr. charles epstein opened mail at his home late tuesday. >> charles epstein was a geneticist from the university of california, san francisco. >> epstein is recovering from four hours of surgery to his hands, arms, and face. >> news of the bombing hit hard for previous victim gary wright. >> i came home from work, the news was on, and he was back. it unglued me. it was just devastating. >> two days later and 3,000 miles away, another bomb arrived at the office of david g...

For more than 17 years, he operated without restraint. in all that time, no one knew who he was or how exactly he chose his targets. even his victims remained in the dark until he struck. >> i had never heard of the unabomber before i was injured. i had learned about the existence of the unabomber two days after i came home from the hospital. >> february 20th, 1987. an unseasonably warm and sunny day in salt lake city. police and emergency personnel respond to a report of an explosion outside ca...

Confiscated from the cabin be sold at auction and that the proceeds go to the bombing victims. the auction raised over $232,000. ted kaczynskis brother david received the $1 million reward for the unabombers capture. after paying his legal expenses, he donated the rest of the reward money to the families of his brothers victims. >> he said i know i could have had my brothers blood on my hands through an execution, but i couldnt have innocent peoples bloods on hi hand. >> after the trial, gary wr...

His home late tuesday. >> charles epstein was a geneticist from the university of california, san francisco. >> epstein is recovering from four hours of surgery to his hands, arms, and face. >> news of the bombing hit hard for previous victim gary wright. >> i came home from work, the news was on, and he was back. it unglued me. it was just devastating. >> two days later and 3,000 miles away, another bomb arrived at the office of david gelernter at yale university. >> i just heard a very loud ex...

Fighter jet going over. at that point, i didnt know that it had been a bomb. what i honestly thought was someone had shot me with a shotgun. i began to think, i may not make it. >> the explosion has severed nerves in wrights left arm and impaled more than 200 pieces of shrapnel in his body. investigators quickly determined that gary wright has just become the latest victim of the unabomber, a shadowing suspect that has been cloaked for nearly nine years. >> it continued until the last bomb was d...

Owner gary wright had arrived at his office at 10:25 a.m. >> when i had pulled into the parking lot, i noticed there was a piece of wood over to the right-hand side near my secretarys car. two two by fours that appeared to be nailed together. i thought well, its just a piece of scrap lumber. i should probably throw it away. somebody will step on it. but as i bent down to pick it up, there was a slight click and instantly i could feel this huge pressure in my chest. almost a crushing pressure. an...