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Swift Work `saved hundreds'

ATLANTA - The Mayor of Atlanta, Mr Bill Campbell, said swift work by security forces saved "literally hundreds" of lives in Saturday…

Mon Jul 29 1996 - 01:00

ATLANTA - The Mayor of Atlanta, Mr Bill Campbell, said swift work by security forces saved "literally hundreds" of lives in Saturday's blast.

"The real story is not the act of terrorism but the acts of heroism that saved so many people," he told CNN News.

"Security personnel moved the crowd back and saved literally hundreds of lives."

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