Bomb technicians kneel in front of explosives when everyone else backs away, then hope they cut the right wire. An author who spent a year with the New York City Bomb Squad and a former bomb technician talk about the dangerous work.
Guest:
Richard Esposito, co-author of Bomb Squad
Kevin Barry, the senior adviser to the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators
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