He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Not a soldier or a radical, Robert Fassnacht happened to be working late the night four men bombed UW-Madison’s Sterling Hall in protest of the Vietnam War. He was killed in the blast 40 years ago. But since then, Fassnacht has become a headline, the unnamed researcher. Who was Robert Fassnacht? Intensely private, his family opens up about his life.
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