Revisited: The Unabomber and his ongoing influence

重温:大学炸弹客及其持续的影响力

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2024-12-12

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Ted Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people, died in prison last year. But his manifesto promoting violent rebellion against the modern world continues to inspire copycat attacks Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • On 10 June, Ted Kaczynski, known to the world as the Unabomber, died by suicide in his prison cell in the US state of North Carolina.

  • Kaczynski, who was 81, terrorized Americans for nearly two decades, sending 16 bombs that caused terrible injuries and killed three people.

  • And a couple of days ago, I called up one of his victims, a guy called Gary wright, who in 1987 owned a computer store.

  • And one morning in February drove into the parking lot and saw what looked like debris, pieces of wood stuck together with nails sticking out, sitting on the road.

  • It was two by fours, so basically four by four piece of wood.

  • And Gary picked it up and he heard something click.

  • The next thing he remembers, he was still standing but had been blown backwards nearly 22ft.

  • It hit me so hard in the chest, it probably just lifted me up and back.

  • And you're just going, okay, that's a lot of force, right?

  • And he was badly injured.

  • So I ended up with about 200 pieces of shrapnel removed from my body.