It’s a nightmarish scenario – one day you’re doing your job, making an honest dollar; the next, you’re wrongly accused of a crime you didn’t commit, and your good reputation is seemingly ruined forever. In 1996, that’s exactly what happened to Richard Jewell.
The mild-mannered security guard was gratified when he was hailed as a hero after discovering a backpack containing three pipe bombs at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Georgia, and helping evacuate the area, saving thousands of lives when the explosives detonated.
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