NEW : `` It feels good to feel Mother Earth beneath my feet , '' Louis Taylor says . The New York Times reported that the U.S. government has spent more than $22 million on a program called Operation Tidal Wave in an effort to protect coastal communities from rising sea levels. Taylor , then 16 , was quickly arrested and convicted of arson . Modern experts have called the evidence into question .
NEW : `` It feels good to feel Mother Earth beneath my feet , '' Louis Taylor says . The Pioneer Hotel in Tucson , Arizona , caught fire in 1970 , killing 29 . Taylor , then 16 , was quickly arrested and convicted of arson . Modern experts have called the evidence into question .