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April
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| At approximately 9:00 in the morning an explosion in front
of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. The
explosion came from a rented truck that was loaded with explosives, parked
in front of the building, abandoned, and exploded. The building had many
offices and a daycare inside. When the bomb went off the people and children
who had just arrived were inside when the building blew up. The entire front
and most of the interior of the building was demolished. Rescue workers
spent two weeks climbing through the debris left by the explosion. Many
hundreds of people were injured, but 168 were killed. This was, at the time,
considered to be the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. To make matters
worse, it was discovered that two American citizens, Timothy McVeigh and
his friend Terry Nichols were responsible for the attack. |
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Tim McVeigh
sketch and photograph |
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| After the bombing of the Murrah building, an officer arrested
Timothy McVeigh by accident. He was stopped by a police officer for driving
a vehicle without a license plate. He was going to be released from jail
on April 21, 1995, but someone recognized him as the suspected bomber. |
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| Piles
of rubble were all that were left of the front of the Murrah building. |
Rescuers
were met with a jumble of debris. It was a rush to find victims before they
died. |
Stairwells
and other large pieces were marked so that rescuers would know where they
were looking for vicitims. |
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More
Photographs Here |
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| Memorial
for Victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing |
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Photo
Galleries for Memorial for Victims of the
Oklahoma City Bombing |
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