The bombings killed three people and injured 23 others. “Unabomber” was the nickname given to a long-wanted domestic terrorist who, starting in 1978, committed 16 bombings across the United States, usually with package bombs sent in the mail. Shors, then an associate editor at the newspaper, sent a reporter and a photographer an hour north to check it out.Īs the day wore on, a rumor began to spread around town: The feds had the Unabomber in their sights. But not long after the work day began, a bit of news trickled in: agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation were staking out a cabin near Lincoln. Please reload the page and try again.ĭave Shors remembers April 3, 1996, beginning like any other day in the newsroom of Helena’s Independent Record. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription.
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