As Oklahoma City and the
country prepare to mark the 20th anniversary of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Building bombing on April 19, 1995, FBI.gov looks back at the deadliest act of
homegrown terrorism in the nation’s history through the eyes of special agents
who were there and a survivor who continues to honor the victims by sharing her
remarkable story.
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in
Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 was the deadliest act of homegrown terrorism in
U.S. history, resulting in the deaths of 168 people. In a matter of seconds, the
blast destroyed most of the nine-story building, incinerated nearby vehicles,
and damaged or destroyed more than 300 other buildings.
The Ryder truck packed with nearly 5,000 pounds of explosives
that Timothy McVeigh parked in front of the Murrah building that Wednesday
morning killed 168 people, among them 19 children—most of whom were in the
building’s daycare center. The youngest victim was 4 months old. Hundreds of all
ages were injured.
In a matter of seconds, the blast destroyed most of the
nine-story concrete and granite building, and the surrounding area looked like a
war zone. Dozens of cars were incinerated, and more than 300 nearby buildings
were damaged or destroyed. Immediately, the FBI turned its full attention to
Oklahoma City. The OKBOMB investigation, as it became known, remains one of the
largest and most complex cases the FBI has ever undertaken.
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