FBI agents lead Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, into custody in Helena on April 3, 1996. At left is Bruce Ely, who was one of four students from the University of Montana who captured the only images of the arrest of Kaczynski. GREGORY REC, used with permission
After 25 years, photos that a foursome of University of Montana Journalism School photographers shot of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski are still making money.
âWe did just have a recent sale to a British documentary crew,â said Gregory Rec.
Rec was a student at the university on April 3, 1996, when news circulated that the long-sought Unabomber had been captured by FBI agents at a tiny cabin outside of Lincoln. Rec had been on a freelance assignment for the Denver Post, returned to the school and found it empty. Discovering what was afoot, he sped toward the small mountain town, arriving only minutes before Kaczynski was loaded into a white Ford Bronco for a drive to nearby Helena.