Richard Jewell helped save hundreds of lives during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing, only to have his life upended when the media wrongly identified him as th

Richard Jewell helped save hundreds of lives during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing, only to have his life upended when the media wrongly identified him as the FBI’s prime suspect. He was cleared three months later, but the accusations permanently damaged his reputation. On July 27, 1996, securit…