this is a fatal situation. and debris is sailing through the air, huh? sailing. you could feel the percussion from the from the device. i felt a couple pieces hit right down around here. the basic image that sticks in my mind is his eyes going in to the back of his head. then, he just went down. brian wells died moments after the explosion. the bomb crushed his chest and lacerated his heart. it was a horrifying scene all of it captured by news cameras. later that night, brian s sister jean heid was relaxing at home completely unaware. i turned on the news. somebody robbed a bank. and i looked and i was like, there s my brother, brian. what s he doin there sittin there? sittin on the road. sittin on the road. and then i said to the kids, does that look like brian, uncle brian? and they said, yeah. it seemed impossible, couldn t be true. jean turned to her husband. he says, jean your brother s not a bank robber.
well, it was very painful. i think it was most painful for my mom because, like, she wanted to have a open-casket. they were more concerned with the integrity of the collar than they were his person. pain on pain on pain on pain, jean, huh? yep. he was decapitated like john the baptist. with the pieces of the device recovered, tom stankiewicz was able to go into his shop and craft an exact replica of the bomb 340 parts in all. it is a frightening model. can i lift this thing up? sure. how much does it weigh? oh, man it s 15 pounds. this is heavy. i can t imagine this it sure is, yeah having this around your neck. so open up the inside, tom. take me through what the components are here. yeah. so on the inside, you ve
so what was the decision that was made? we decided to do i guess, for lack of better description, a surgical decapitation so we could get the collar off safely and intact. so you took the victim s head off? yes. it was one of the hardest decisions i ve ever had to make both professionally and personally. after completing that grim procedure, coroner timon met with brian wells family and told them about it. they felt brian was being victimized again, even in death. how painful is that for you? well, it was very painful. i think it was most painful for my mom because, like, she wanted to have a open-casket. they were more concerned with the integrity of the collar than they were his person. pain on pain on pain on pain, jean, huh? yep. he was decapitated like john the baptist. with the pieces of the device recovered, tom stankiewicz was able to go into his shop and craft an exact replica of the bomb 340 parts in all. it is a frightening model.
lacerated his heart. it was a horrifying scene all of it captured by news cameras. later that night, brian s sister jean heid was relaxing at home completely unaware. i turned on the news. somebody robbed a bank. and i looked and i was like, there s my brother, brian. what s he doin there sittin there? sittin on the road. sittin on the road. and then i said to the kids, does that look like brian, uncle brian? and they said, yeah. it seemed impossible, couldn t be true. jean turned to her husband. he says, jean your brother s not a bank robber. i said, i know my brother s not a bank robber. but it looks like brian. and as she watched the standoff play out on tv, she saw exactly how he died. you d been watching the last moments of brian s life. right. my brother was sitting there, you know, handcuffed. police officers were pointing guns at him, you know, like he s a criminal. what did he need at that moment, jean? brian needed assistance. brian needed comp