The Art of Disarming_ Inside the FBI_s Most High-Stakes Bomb Squad Cases

Bomb technicians operate in a world where a single mistake means instant death. The FBI's Hazardous Devices School in Huntsville, Alabama, is the crucible where these elite specialists learn to disarm the most dangerous devices on earth—spending six weeks on initial training and 120 hours every year maintaining their skills. In Boston, technicians made a heroic call to use "blind hand entry," knifing open backpacks by hand when they couldn't risk x-raying every bag. In Erie, Pennsylvania, a collar bomb around Brian Wells's neck proved fatal before the team could save him. These are the stories of the men and women who run toward the blast.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/red-tree-crime--6847553/support.