Oklahoma City Bombing
Oklahoma City Bombing This picture was taken on April 19, 1995 as Timothy McVeigh pulled up with a rental truck filled with explosives. The explosion took place in front of Oklahoma City’s Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. On that day, 168 people were killed and 680 others were injured. The blast also affected 234 buildings and 86 cars within a 16-block radius. The Oklahoma City bombing occurred when a truck packed with explosives was detonated on April 19, 1995, outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people and leaving hundreds more injured. The blast was set off by anti-government militant Timothy McVeigh, who in 2001 was executed for his crimes. His co-conspirator Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison. Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Shortly after 9:00 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a Ryder rental truck exploded with terrifying force in front of the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. The powerful...