Emily Lyons (born July 18, 1956) is an American nurse who was gravely injured when Eric Robert Rudolph bombed an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, where she worked.
[2] The morning of January 29, 1998, Lyons was approaching the clinic, when Robert Sanderson, an off-duty police officer and security guard, bent to inspect an unfamiliar potted plant in the front yard.
[2] Lyons spent eight weeks in the hospital[7] and has had over twenty surgeries; even years after the blast, she continued using a wheelchair and had poor hearing and eyesight.
The ad contained images of the bombing, and claimed that Roberts supported Rudolph and excused anti-abortion violence.
[15] Lyons was the subject of a year-long documentary project by the ABC News program Nightline, filmed from the day of the blast throughout her recovery during her first year.