Oklahoma City Bombing In American History

around the world. The explosion took place at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in

The Oklahoma City Bombing would be considered the worst terrorist attack on America prior to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack. Just outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, on April 19th, 1995 a truck exploded, killing 168 people. 19 of those 168 being children. The explosion caused damage to 300 surrounding buildings. Oklahoma City was going through a tragedy and needed guidance from a leader.

At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a 5,000-pound bomb, hidden inside a Ryder truck, exploded just outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The explosion caused massive damage to the building and killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children (Rosenburg, 2011). On April 23, four days after the bombing, President Bill Clinton addressed the public and gave an effective, excellent speech.

On the morning of April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder rental truck packed with explosives outside of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building more than ready to commit a mass execution that would change the state of Oklahoma forever. Until September 11, 2001 the Oklahoma City Bombing was the most vicious terrorist attack to happen in the United States. As rescue operations were finalized the death tolls were high including 19 children.. The explosion blew off the entire north wall and either destroyed or damaged buildings as far as three blocks away. McVeigh was “anti-government” and wanted revenge against the federal government for what had

The Oklahoma City Bombing was a very special event in American history, it was the biggest act of domestic terrorism until 9/11. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was an office complex in Oklahoma City, was bombed and 168 people were killed. Timothy McVeigh, the subject of my paper, was behind the bombings, and later executed.

When the Oklahoma City bombing happened, it remained the largest terrorist attack to happen on American soil until the attack on 9/11. On April 19, 1995, a rental truck was loaded up with 4,800 pounds of explosives and detonated just after 9:00 am (Krung, Nixon, & Vincent, 1996). The attack was focused on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. This tragic event killed one hundred sixty-eight people and also injured hundreds more (Nacos, 2016). A dare care facility was also located within the building and nineteen children perished in the attack (Nacos, 2016). There were hundreds more victims which were treated by area hospitals and private doctor offices. This explosion was so large, a shockwave was sent across the city which damaged or destroyed an additional 300 buildings in the immediate area (History, 2009). Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nicholas were the two men responsible for this devastating attack.

On April 19th 1995 the worst terrorist attack on US soil took place in the heartland of America. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was targeted and almost completely blown to pieces by one enormous homemade bomb. The unthinkable had happened at the beginning of an average day at the office. This day would be remembered for the rest of America's history, unlike any other day, as a blatant attack on the United States government.

Deeply with my own concern for our nation, my feelings point more towards terrorist acts upon our country. Growing up in the era, where our nation went through losing prayer from schools. The Oklahoma bombing, the 9/11 attacks, Columbis Ohio school shoootings. I concider theses terrorist attacks. All, but one has been proven attacks caused by white Americans, I'm not, "saying all white's are bad." The United States of America 45th president placed a travel ban on certing contries banning their people from the United States on the color of their skin, religion and whou really knows what more.

April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City was destroyed by a bombing in the Murrah federal building. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were both sentenced after the bombing. McVeigh was sentenced to death and became the first federal prisoner to be executed since 1963. Later that year Nichols was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. After 2 weeks they claimed 168 people had died, 19 in which were children.

Priscilla Salyer is a survivor of the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19th, 1995. Salyer shared her reflections after she plummeted five floors when the fuel-and-fertilizer bomb detonated the nine-story federal building. People gathered in Oklahoma City on April 19th, 2015 to mark the 20 years after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in the ceremony to remember the 168 men, women and children that died after "a truck stuffed with tons of explosives blew up at a downtown federal building." Further, Former U.S. President Bill Clinton talked to the gathered people in front of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. "Oklahoma City, you had to choose to redeem your terrible losses by having to begin again," said Clinton, who was in his first term in office at the time of the attack, one of the deadliest of its kind ever staged on U.S. soil, as YahooNews reports. Moreover, The memorial and the museum, consist "a permanent display of 168 empty chairs, one for each person who died." For Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, 20-years-ago was, "a 60 minutes of terror."

The death penalty should be reserved for the rarest of the rare cases. Even though it states in the Bible “And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death” (Leviticus 24:17), not everyone follows what the bible states. So, going the way the world is trying to lead we should only have the death penalty in place for those with multiple homicides or acts of terrorism. For example, during the late 70’s and earlier 80’s Ted Bundy an “American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, and necrophilia (Sexual attraction to corpses) who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls” was sentenced to death by the electric chair. Timothy James detonated a truck bomb in front of a Federal Building in Oklahoma City, commonly referred as “Oklahoma City Bombing” the attack killed 168 people and injured over 600. On June 13, 1997 McVeigh was found guilty on all eleven counts of the federal indictment. The U.S. Department of Justice brought federal charges against McVeigh for causing the deaths of eight federal officers leading to a possible

After the bombing in Oklahoma City, most of the federal buildings went into some type of lockdown going into the building and around the building which has probably cut down on some loss and injury. Otherwise all we can do is continue studying the problems and improve on our methods. Their is no magic wand to cure these acts of terrorism.

On the morning of October 12, 2000, during a routine refueling stop; the 505-foot USS Cole (DDG 67) was crippled and nearly sunk when two men steered a small fishing boat towards the center of the ship, where they detonated a small plastic explosive device in a suicide attack. According to reports, the amount of C-4 used in the construction of the bomb was "equivalent to 700 pounds of TNT" (Ibarra, 2013). In the explosion 's aftermath, 17 Sailors died and 37 crewmembers were wounded; and a $789 million ship was severely damaged in an act of "asymmetrical warfare" against the United States (Burns, 2000).

It was a relatively warm April day for the most part the workers were inside their floors which was the eight floors of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building they were inside of their offices trying to get our work done and filling in reports. They did not know what would happen to them in the next couple of hours because the bomb did not detonate until 9:02 . Some people were as young as two to three years old and there were a few adults from the explosion from the blast. Approximately 168 people were killed and there were 50 people injured, one of the grownups that survived were Diana Bradley and her son in the daycare that also survived, they are one of the lucky people to survive but there are still scratches and burns to show their experience.

The heart of the country was broken into shambles on April 19th, 1995. On this day, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was attacked, and the bombing caused the building to be completely destroyed. Not only Oklahomans, but people around the world were left speechless and fearful of what was yet to come. The leader of this attack was Timothy James McVeigh, a very anti-government individual. He sought out a detailed plan on how this bombing was going to unfold. Step by step, he created a plan that he believed he could pursue. It all began at 9:01 A.M. in downtown Oklahoma City, and the blast not only affected those who were inside the building, but also those who were in the surrounding areas. “As a result, 169 persons, including 19