an abortion clinic in birmingham, alabama. when he bombed that abortion clinic in sandy springs, georgia, the first bomb went off at 9:30 in the morning. it ripped out part of a wall at the clinic. it destroyed the clinic. an hour later, the second bomb went off in a trash can just outside the building. this double bombing was designed to give responders enough time to arrive on the scene and figure out what the first bomb was about and the second bomb exploded then to try to kill the emergency responders. six people were hurt by the second blast including a federal atf agent the they said it was a miracle that the second blast did not kill anyone. that was the women s clinic in sandy strings, georgia in 1997. this year another women s clinic in the same place just about a
mile from the bombing was hit by burglaries. that could just be a random break in. a couple of months before that another women s clinic had been burglarized. it was a place about 15 miles away from the sandy springs location. there was one burglary and another one in early march and then two weeks after the clinic this sandy springs was burglarized there was another break in at the offices of the georgia society. three burglaries and then a couple of weeks after the third burglary, on april 5th, the atlanta journal constitution published this letter. it s a letter arguing against a 20-week abortion ban that was just passed. it came from the infertility conso consortium. the letter was not signed by any
thankful there were no patients under sedation in the clinic. thankfully, it was not true at that moment. everybody got out safetily and nobody was hurt. the fbi is investigating both of the clinic fires this week as arson. they released these photos saying they are looking for this man. described as a black male driving a gray mercury marquis. they are looking at him for a witness to the fire. an atf spokesman said they are investigating whether there s a connection between the burglaries and the two fires. an employer from the clinic that was the target has told the huffington post that the clinic will be up and running next week and none of the workers will be intimidated by the protest, threats or by the violent attacks. we re going to have stricter surveillance and we re just going to keep treating patients with respect and dignity.
a fire broke out at an ob/gyn clinic. investigators called that fire suspicious. it caused heavy damage to the clinic but nobody was in the office at the time to have the fire so nobody was hurt. that was on sunday. then on wednesday of this week, another fire. on wednesday of this week another fire at another women s clinic in suburban at lan. this time the fire was set during business hours. patients were being seen at the time. it took more than 20 firefighters to put out the flames. the third floor of the building is reported to have sustained extensive damage. the lower floors were damaged by water when the out the third flr blaze. employees said they saw two men go upstairs and then leave the building in a hurry just minutes before the fire was discovered up on the third floor. clinic workers were able to get the building evacuated. the clinic workers say they are