Theodore Kaczynski Unabomber Bombing Essay

Theodore John Kaczynski other wise known as the “Unabomber” is one of the most well known individual terrorist in the USA. During the the time from 1978 to 1995 Ted carried out a long destructive bombing campaign that killed 3 people and injured 23. His motive was to go against modern society and was fueled by his hatred towards technology. Therefore his targets were people and organizations associated with modern society. Not only will the some of the attacks themselves will be covered but Ted’s life leading up to the campaign will be analyzed also. The stated goals of Ted’s plan will be uncovered and the question of “was this bombing campaign successful?” will be answered. To begin, Theodore John Kaczynski was born May 22, 1942 in Chicago,

Ted used a very specific way of bombing, that being the mail bomb. Ted’s initial bombing occurred on May 25, 1978 when he placed a package in a parking lot of Northwestern University with the return address of Buckley Crist, a professor at Northwestern University. Being suspicious of the unknown package Crist called campus police, officer Terry Marker opened the package as it exploded injuring Markers left hand. This initial bombing was followed up with a massive bomb being sent towards airline officials. Ted sent a bomb to American Airlines flight 444 big enough to obliterate the entire plane; luckily the bomb malfunctioned ending up smoking out the plane forcing it to have a emergency landing. This airline bombing attempt was when the FBI began to open up the case of the UNABOM (UNiveristy and Airline BOMber). After his 1979 airline bombing attempt there was another bomb sent to Percy Wood(President of United Airlines) in 1980 causing cuts and burns to his face. In 1982 to 1995 the injuries began to become much more serious from the bombings; they went from minor cuts and burns to severe burns, shrapnel wounds, and loss of body parts. All of this eventually led into Ted’s bombing on December 11, 1985 where he killed Hugh Scrutton by placing a nail and splinter loaded bomb outside his computer store. A similar attack occurred on February 20, 1987 in Salt Lake City, Ted placed a bomb outside Gary Wright’s computer store injuring his left arm. The weird thing about the 1987 bombing is that Ted did not bomb again until 1993 a whole 6 years. All of Ted’s targets in this time period were university professors, airline officials, and people closely connected with technology. In 1996 Ted was detained putting an end to this horrific run, in all 16 bombs were used in Ted’s run injuring 23 people and killing 3 all over a 17 year