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The sound from my tv set watching the video yesterday, and i said boy, ive heard that sound before. and it was that night early in the morning, actually, in july of 1996, the media hotel was right next to the olympic park. and a band was playing, and i had just come back from the swimming venue, getting notes together, i heard the explosion, looked out the window, first thought maybe it was part of the act of the band, the sound, the noise. and i kept looking. and within a few seconds i started ...

Appalling, we assumed the death toll would rise quite significantly. >> reporter: yeah, and i think those miracles come in the form of some good planning and a little bit of serendipity. remember at the end of the race, any marathon, they have a lot of medical capabilities on stand by. ambulances, medical triage tents, to be fair, what theyre expecting to see is people who are dehydrated, an occasional person with difficulties with their heart, nothing like this. but these are medically trained ...

Of evidence how the bomb was made but they dont have a lot of evidence about who did this or why. the actual evidence that would lead to the person or persons involved. >> this suggests a slightly higher level of them what was first thought yesterday and if so, does that narrow down the net of potential suspects? >> it does. the black powder, the acetone, peroxide, you dont want to let it get went. absolutely right. you want to protect the explosives, the detonator. when this bomb went off, talk...

And it was that night early in the morning, actually, in july of 1996, the media hotel was right next to the olympic park. and a band was playing, and i had just come back from the swimming venue, getting notes together, i heard the explosion, looked out the window, first thought maybe it was part of the act of the band, the sound wbtd noise. and i kept looking. and within a few seconds i started see the police cars and the column of emergency vehicles coming to the olympic park. >> there are ob...

Peers, that i think is going to become more common. they tall call this the heroic period, you have a lot of people rallying around each other, you are doing a show on whats happening here, a lot of news coverage. but over time, some of that is going to dispate, and these thoughts will set in more and more, so we have got to continue to remind ourselves of that. >> definitely, hideous injuries, astounding bravery. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> it brings back memories of the olympic bombi...

Internet, following instructions and then as i said before practice. and all of those things, someone who is fairly mechanical can do this. a couple of days training. it is not going to help out all but i think once youve globally compare all of the information and start running algorithms, we are a lot better off today than we were two years ago. certainly. >> drew griffin, you have a pressure cooker of the type we believe may have been used. obviously popular devices. what significance is it t...

The significance is from what i am told from bomb experts, maybe bob knows this, it is much more complicated to pull off the pressure cooker bomb then it is to pull off a standard pipe bomb, which we have seen many times. they are mostly used in environments for the environment, whether it be the sand in the desert or the jungle, it would interfere with the explosive. that has been traditionally their use. that being said, these things are easy to find, easy to make. i dont have to tell you, you...

Although when you think about most stadiums you go into in the united states and around the world, you go through metal detectors, fans, tickets have bar codes, theres more security when you go into a sporting event than there is going into a shopping mall or a movie theater. i think that makes a lot of sense. it goes back to the 1972 olympics where the 11 israeli coaches and athletes were killed. from that moment on, the olympics had stringent security. that was a good 20 to 30 years before mos...

Would never know someone is carrying a pressure cooker inside of a backpack. if i was holding this. the significance is from what i am told from bomb experts, maybe bob knows this, it is much more complicated to pull off the pressure cooker bomb then it is to pull off a standard bond, which we have seen many times. they are mostly used in environments for the environment, whether it be the sand in the desert or the jungle, it would interfere with the explosive. that has been traditionally their ...