This undated photo provided by the Buncombe County Detention Center shows Michael Christopher Estes, who’s accused of planting an improvised explosive device at the airport on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Asheville, N.C. A criminal complaint in federal court accuses Estes of attempted malicious use of explosive materials and unlawful possession of explosives at the airport. (Buncombe County Detention Center via AP)
Odds are most Americans have no idea who Michael Christopher Estes is or how close he came earlier this month to exploding a homemade bomb to sow national fear at a regional airport in western North Carolina.
