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The sound from my tv set watching the video yesterday, and i said boy, i've 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 see the police cars and the column of emergency vehicles coming to the olympic park. >> there are o...

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 they're expecting to see is people who are dehydrated, an occasional person with difficulties with their heart, nothing like this. but these are medically trained professionals. several things happened, first of all, doctors and nurses and first responders were ...

Of evidence how the bomb was made but they don't 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 don't want to let it get went. absolutely right. you want to protect the explosives, the detonator. when this bomb went off, talked to a couple of people and their first reaction was what is happening to people coming back from...

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 obviously a lot of changes made to american sporting events after what happened in atlanta, and you co...

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 what's 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 bombing in atlanta. christine was in her hotel room overlooking the park when it went off. it must have ...