What Happened?
In 1995, Oklahoma went through a horrifying terrorist attack. It took hundreds of lives away from family’s and friends. The explosion killed about 168 people and around 450 were injured. Nineteen of the victims were small children and babies that were in the day care center on the second floor of the building. Timothy McVeigh had purchased 4,000-pound of ammonium-nitrate and made it into a bomb. He then placed this in a rented Ryder truck. On the day of the plan, he drove the truck loaded with the bomb to the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Exactly 2 years after the Waco, Texas siege at Ruby Ridge he detonated that bomb. This was the largest investigation in United States history. McVeigh was tried and convincted and put to death. His accomplice, Terry Nichols, was given a life sentence.
In 1995, Oklahoma went through a horrifying terrorist attack. It took hundreds of lives away from family’s and friends. The explosion killed about 168 people and around 450 were injured. Nineteen of the victims were small children and babies that were in the day care center on the second floor of the building. Timothy McVeigh had purchased 4,000-pound of ammonium-nitrate and made it into a bomb. He then placed this in a rented Ryder truck. On the day of the plan, he drove the truck loaded with the bomb to the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Exactly 2 years after the Waco, Texas siege at Ruby Ridge he detonated that bomb. This was the largest investigation in United States history. McVeigh was tried and convincted and put to death. His accomplice, Terry Nichols, was given a life sentence.
