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It's a little before 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, where the 26 Olympic Games are underway.

At the city's Centennial Olympic Park, around 50,000 visitors party late into the night at one of the Games' free concerts.

When amid the excitement, 33-year-old security guard Richard Jewel is on high alert.

Richard squins against the stage's strobing lights, frowning at an olive green backpack that's been left unattended under a nearby bench.

He sends a member of his team chasing after a group of men who were sitting there moments earlier.

But Richard watches as they shake their heads, saying the backpack isn't theirs.

Alarm bells begin to ring in Richard's mind.

He watched that group of men occupy those seats for over half an hour, and if they're telling the truth, it means whoever the bag does belong to abandoned it long before that.

Richard calls it in as a suspicious package, and he soon joined by a federal agent.

Richard and other guards keep members of the public away from the bench as the agent crawls underneath to take a closer look.

The agent slowly undoes the top of the bag, shining a flashlight inside, for quickly rolling out and getting back to his feet.

The agent tells Richard that the bag contains a pipe bomb, one of the largest he's ever seen.

And there's no telling how long they have before it goes off, with so many people around, there's a severe potential threat to life.

Richard jumps into action, not wasting a second, ordering people away from the bench.

He's still shepherding people away 25 minutes later, when an explosion rips through the air, sending debris flying toward frightened spectators and scarring the night with violence.

The bombing of Olympic Park will incense not only the nation but the world.

Thanks to the quick response and bravery of Richard Jewel and countless others, there will be only one fatality, but over 100 will be injured.

Within hours President Bill Clinton will denounce the tragedy as an act of vicious terror, one that demands swift justice for whoever is responsible.

What follows will be one of the largest manhunts in US history.

And as the search for the perpetrator begins, the FBI will zero in on Richard Jewel himself, before three further attacks draw their attention to the real culprit, who is finally made to answer for the crime he carried out on July 27, 1996.

Hi, I'm David Brown, the host of Wondery's podcast, Business Wars.

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