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'''Robert Dewayne "Sandy" Sanderson''' (born June 19, 1963 | '''Robert Dewayne "Sandy" Sanderson''' (born [[June 19]], [[1963]]; died [[January 29]], [[1998]]) was a [[Birmingham Police Department|Birmingham Police officer]] who was killed while off duty and moonlighting as a security guard at the [[New Woman All Women Clinic]] on [[10th Avenue South]] on [[Southside]]. He was killed by a [[1998 abortion clinic bombing|bomb at the abortion clinic]] planted by [[Eric Robert Rudolph]]. | ||
Sanderson lived in [[Mt Olive]] and was one of six people selected from the North Jefferson | Sanderson lived in [[Mt Olive]] and was one of six people selected from the North Jefferson area to carry the [[1996 Olympic Torch Run|Olympic Torch]] down [[U.S. Highway 31]] toward [[Birmingham]] for the [[1996 Olympic Summer Games]] in Atlanta. | ||
area to carry the [[1996 Olympic Torch Run|Olympic Torch]] down [[Highway 31]] toward [[Birmingham]] for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. | |||
He is buried in Crestview Memorial Gardens in Adamsville. | Early on the morning of January 29, 1998, Rudolph left a bomb inside a FedEx box in some bushes near the clinic entrance. He lingered near the scene holding a remote-control, which he used to detonate the explosive at 7:33 a.m. when he saw that Sanderson had discovered the device. The shrapnel bomb killed Sanderson instantly, and critically-injured nurse [[Emily Lyons]] who had just arrived for work. Sanderson's was the first fatality associated with violence aimed against abortion clinics in the United States. | ||
Sanderson is buried in [[Crestview Memorial Gardens]] in [[Adamsville]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* Robert Sanderson at [https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sanderson&GSfn=robert&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1998&GSdyrel=in&GSst=3&GScnty=62&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=114566297&df=all& FindAGrave website] | * Robert Sanderson at [https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sanderson&GSfn=robert&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1998&GSdyrel=in&GSst=3&GScnty=62&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=114566297&df=all& FindAGrave website] | ||
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Revision as of 08:59, 23 October 2017
Robert Dewayne "Sandy" Sanderson (born June 19, 1963; died January 29, 1998) was a Birmingham Police officer who was killed while off duty and moonlighting as a security guard at the New Woman All Women Clinic on 10th Avenue South on Southside. He was killed by a bomb at the abortion clinic planted by Eric Robert Rudolph.
Sanderson lived in Mt Olive and was one of six people selected from the North Jefferson area to carry the Olympic Torch down U.S. Highway 31 toward Birmingham for the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta.
Early on the morning of January 29, 1998, Rudolph left a bomb inside a FedEx box in some bushes near the clinic entrance. He lingered near the scene holding a remote-control, which he used to detonate the explosive at 7:33 a.m. when he saw that Sanderson had discovered the device. The shrapnel bomb killed Sanderson instantly, and critically-injured nurse Emily Lyons who had just arrived for work. Sanderson's was the first fatality associated with violence aimed against abortion clinics in the United States.
Sanderson is buried in Crestview Memorial Gardens in Adamsville.
References
- Lasseter, Tim (June 27, 1996) "Local runners to carry torch in Gardendale" North Jefferson News
- Robert Sanderson at FindAGrave website