I knew it was a bomb the second that it exploded.

I felt it ripped through me with just a force more powerful and terrible than anything that I could describe.

May 24th, 1990, a pipe bomb explodes in the front seat of environmental activist Judy Barry's car.

The man and woman who were heard had planned to lead a summer of militant protest against

logging practices in Northern California.

Within 24 hours, Barry and her organizing partner were not only the victims, but also the

prime suspects.

Amid outrage and denials from the environmentalist group Earth First,

40-year-old Judy Barry and 33-year-old Daryl Cherney

have been charged with possessing and transporting an explosive device.

In season two of Rip Current, we asked,

who tried to kill Judy Barry? The level of threats. They were

becoming more specific and seemingly targeting, her especially. She received death threats

before the bombing. She received more threats after the bombing. She just drew that kind of animosity.

And why? She came from a family of communists and anarchists, and she was a leftist. They were climbing trees and they were

sabotaging logging equipment in the woods. Judy Berry was the most visible face of the movement

against the clear-cutting of Northern California's Redwood Forest.

She was a charismatic, high-energy speaker.

It was a terribly bright, savvy, and I even since then, tough woman.

And the environmental movement was challenging the entire identity of the North Coast.

The timber industry, I mean, it was the number one industry in the area, but more than

it was the culture, it was the way of life.

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