Centennial Olympic Park
Just about the whole world came to Atlanta to
witness the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. I ventured down there
the first Saturday (with about one million other people), and
took a look around, to see what all the fuss was about.
Surprisingly, I had a pretty good time. Unlike many concerts I
have attended, folks were pretty civilized. The following is some
of what I saw:
July 27, 1996: I received a phone call at about 1:40 a.m. from my
sister, Ro, checking to make sure that I was okay and informing
me that a bomb had exploded at the Centennial Olympic Park. I
could not believe that it happened. Last week when I checked out
the park, I was impressed by how nice it was that there was a
place where visitors and locals could congregate and get to know
each other and enjoy free concerts and the positive vibes. I am
so saddened by this event and cannot believe that some cowardly
bastard used this peaceful and joyous setting to spread terror
and fear. What could possibly motivate such a sick act? I am glad
that persons at the scene noticed the device in advance and
quietly took the steps to evacuate many of the people from the
area, preventing additional bloodshed and potential loss of life.
I am grateful that security and emergency medical personnel acted
so rapidly and expertly to assist the victims. I am saddened that
this happened in my hometown and am reminded of one of my first
losses of innocence. When I was 13 years old, I watched the
coverage of the events which took place during the Munich
Olympics and could not believe that people would commit such
acts. What do such miscreants hope to accomplish by these
terrorist acts? Do they honestly believe that they will ellicit
sympathy for their pathetic causes? Where does it stop? The
largest peactime security force ever assembled is at work in
Atlanta. I trust that they will find the coward or cowards who
perpetrated this and bring them to justice. I hope that the
perpetrators will be publicly executed for what they have done.
Index
Really
Refreshes
You're In A HEAP Of Trouble,
Boy!
Saturday
In
The
Park
Lots Of Free Concerts
Including
Brian Setzer
And His Big Band
And The Great Ray Charles
Georgia On My Mind
My Good Friend Dennis
The "S" Stands For
"Shy"
