For those in Centennial Park the fateful night of July 27, 1996, their lives were forever changed. Fallon Stubbs and her mother Alice Hawthorne were visiting from Albany, Georgia. The last-minute trip was a 14th birthday gift for Fallon. Just before 1:20 AM, Fallon and her mother paused to take a photograph, a memento of a wonderful night. The massive explosion knocked Fallon and her mother to the ground. Forty-four-year-old Alice Hawthorne died instantly from injuries sustained in the attack. Although hundreds were injured, she was the only person killed by the bomb planted at Centennial Park.

A task force of federal and state investigators was quickly assembled, but over the next seven months, Atlanta was subjected to two more bombings. Investigators learned that the bomber was now planting a secondary device apparently designed to harm police and rescue personnel who responded to victims of the first bomb. FBI and ATF technicians meticulously reconstructed the devices and found forensic links between all three bombings. In the wake of the third incident, authorities received letters from the so-called "Army of God" claiming responsibility for the last two bombings -- attacks on a family planning and abortion clinic and on a gay and lesbian nightclub. An FBI profiler analyzed the letters and the details of all three bombings and concluded that the bomber's true target was law enforcement.

Eleven months after the third Atlanta bombing, head nurse Emily Lyons arrived early for work at a woman's health and abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. Off-duty police officer Robert Sanderson was working as a security guard there. Just then, they spotted something that looked strangely out of place. Apparently sensing danger, Sanderson instructed Emily to back away. The explosion killed Robert Sanderson instantly. He had been a Birmingham Police Officer for 8 years and left behind a wife and two sons. Emily Lyons lost her left eye in the explosion. Dozens of masonry nails and screws tore through ninety percent of her body. Task force members immediately believed the man they were hunting had achieved his objective, the murder of a law enforcement officer. But this time, the authorities caught a break. Forensics would later reveal that the bomber had detonated this device by remote control -- which meant that he was at the scene. Just after the explosion, a witness saw a man walking hurriedly away. When the man removed a wig, the witness became suspicious and began pursuing him on foot. The witness observed the man getting into a pick-up truck and before losing him, relayed the license plate number to police. The gray Nissan truck was traced to a man named Eric Rudolph.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of the 31-year-old Rudolph. A SWAT team raided Rudolph's trailer and believed they missed him by minutes. Two hundred and fifty law enforcement officers converged on the Nantahala National Forest after Rudolph's truck was found abandoned nearby. But Eric Rudolph would prove a formidable adversary. Investigators learned he'd been raised in a family that reportedly preached white separatism. The experienced outdoorsman and survivalist had also served in the U.S. Army.