Centennial Olympic Park bombing - KOIN (CBS Portland) & CNN - 1996-07-27
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[0:00] We're going to have to just kind of take
[0:02] it piece by piece as we all are until we
[0:04] get some more information. Mike and
[0:06] Shirley, back to you.
[0:07] >> Thank you, David. We just received
[0:09] another report. A morg attendant says
[0:11] four people are now confirmed dead in
[0:13] that explosion. Another report says
[0:15] there are 12 people who have died. 200
[0:18] at least 200 people injured.
[0:19] >> Let's go back now to Atlanta and pick up
[0:22] the story live at the scene of this
[0:24] explosion in Centennial Olympic Park in
[0:27] Atlanta.
[0:46] ial Olympic Games. I'm John Roberts
[0:48] where just about 65 minutes an hour ago
[0:52] there was an explosion in the center of
[0:54] the Centennial Olympic Village which
[0:56] really is the center of the Olympic
[0:58] celebrations within the downtown area of
[1:00] the city of Atlanta. It happened about
[1:02] 20 minutes after 1. Now here's what
[1:04] people have been telling us and you have
[1:06] to appreciate that at this point so
[1:08] early after this it's difficult to
[1:10] separate fact from fiction. There was a
[1:12] concert that was going on as there has
[1:14] been every night since the Olympics
[1:16] opened last Friday uh on the AT&T Global
[1:19] V.
[1:21] There was a bang.
[1:25] >> Okay, let's go back again. Let's review.
[1:27] Those of you who may be joining us
[1:29] approximately 120 a.m. in Atlanta,
[1:32] people were attending a concert there in
[1:34] the Centennial Olympic Village. We're
[1:37] told there are some 700,000 people not
[1:39] at the concert but living in the area
[1:42] where this explosion occurred tonight.
[1:44] Um we've had various reports that police
[1:47] were trying to evacuate the area were
[1:49] checking out if they received a