Life’s Been a Blast: The true story of Birmingham bomb survivor Emily Lyons
Emily Lyons survived a bomb detonated by Eric Robert Rudolph in Birmingham, Alabama on January 29th, 1998. Rudolph was on the FBI’s Top Ten list for over five years with a reward of one million dollars. The manhunt cost $30 million. Emily sustained extensive injuries, including the loss of her eye. This book is about […]
Nurse Emily Lyons, Victim of a 1998 Abortion Clinic Bombing, Speaks About the Capture of Eric Rudolph
“I lost my left eye, it damaged my right eye, broke the right side of my face, first, second and third-degree burns on the front of my body, broke my left leg…tore the muscle and skin off the front of my legs, hole in my abdomen — my intestines were hanging out.” After the largest […]
Victims Have Say as Birmingham Bomber Is Sentenced
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 18 – It was Emily Lyons’s first chance to address Eric R. Rudolph, the bomber whose attack on an abortion clinic here in 1998 left her half-blind and maimed. And she had plenty to say. Ms. Lyons, who had been the director of nursing at the New Woman All Women Health Care […]
Eric Rudolph Sentenced For 1996 Atlanta Olympics Bombing
ATLANTA – AUGUST 22: Emily Lyons, a survivor of the Birmingham, Alabama abortion clinic bombing, speaks to the media before Eric Rudolph was sentenced to four life terms for three Atlanta area bombings including one at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games August 22, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia. Thirteen of Rudolph’s victims took the stand to […]
I Survived an Abortion Clinic Bombing — and I Refuse to Let It Stop Me
In an explosion at an Alabama abortion clinic in 1998, Emily Lyons was maimed for life. But as revealed in this story from our archives, that didn’t slow her down in the fight against the senseless violence that caused her injuries. On the morning of January 29, 1998, a bomb exploded outside of the New […]
Husband of Birmingham abortion clinic bombing victim believes few will read bomber’s book
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The husband of a nurse injured in the 1998 bombing of a Birmingham abortion clinic says convicted bomber Eric Robert Rudolph has the right to write his autobiography from his super-secure prison cell, but he wonders who would want to read it. “My first thought about it is, who cares?,” said Jeff Lyons, […]
Birmingham clinic bombed 20 years ago today
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Eric Robert Rudolph bombed a Birmingham abortion clinic 20 years ago today, January 29, 2018. The bomb killed a police officer and severely injured a nurse who worked at the clinic. Twenty years later, that same nurse, Emily Lyons, refuses to be a victim. “There’s still nails in my legs… and […]
Abortion Clinic Bombing Victim Emily Lyons Speaks Out
Emily Lyons, the victim of an ‘Army of God’ bombing at a Birmingham, Ala., women’s clinic, describes her horrific experience in this interview. On Jan. 29, a nail-packed bomb exploded outside the New Woman All Women Health Care Center in Birmingham, Ala., killing off-duty police officer Robert “Sande” Sanderson and maiming nurse Emily Lyons. Lyons, […]
Birmingham abortion clinic bombing survivor opens up on 25th anniversary
Emily Lyons came face to face with a bomb 25 years ago that damaged her life, body and career. She was a nurse in 1998 when the New Woman All Women Health Care clinic in Birmingham was bombed that killed a security guard. She was only about 12 feet away from the bomb when it […]
