Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to Kerri Strug's gold medal-winning vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

This episode features interviews with:

• Katherine Lieberson


• Teeny Lieberson 


• Alice Thacker


• Stacy Cook


• Jon Sigger


• John P. Lopez


• 
  Charlie McCullors 


• Linda Wyatt


• Molly Wyatt

CREDITS

'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr production.

Created by Hi Barr.

‘1996 Summer Olympics: Kerri Strug Wins Gold’ was written and hosted by Julia Thompson.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Edit, Sound Mix, and engineering by Vishal Nayak.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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