On April 19, 1995, around 9:03 a.m., just after Oklahoma parents had dropped
their children off at day care at the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma
City, the unthinkable happened. A massive bomb inside a rental truck that was
parked right next to the buildings main support pillars exploded, taking out two of
the main four support pillars which in turn pulled at the front of the building tearing
When the smoke cleared and the debris was sorted exhausted rescue workers
packed up and left. With 168 people dead it was the worst terrorist attack in U.S.
history. Just 90 minutes after the explosion, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer
happened to pull over 27-year-old Timothy McVeigh for driving without a license
plate. Shortly before he was to be released on April 21 for a driving infraction (no
license plate), McVeigh was recognized as the bombing suspect and was charged
When McVeigh's ex-Army buddy, Terry Nichols, discovered that he, too, was
wanted for questioning, he voluntarily surrendered to police in Herington, Kansas,
and was later charged in the bombing. McVeigh and Nichols were both charged with
terrorism, murder, and conspiracy. A total of 168 people died as a result of the bombing.
Another 500 were injured. McVeigh and Nichols are charged in the deaths of the 160
people who died in the federal building the day of the blast.
McVeigh was found guilty on all 11 counts in the bombing of the Alfred P.
Murrah building in Oklahoma City. Guilty of using a weapon of mass destruction to kill
people and destroy federal property. Guilty of using a weapon of mass destruction that
caused death and injury. Guilty of one count of malicious destruction of federal property.
Guilty of eight counts of murdering federal law enforcement officers. The jury had
deliberated for nearly 24 hours over a time period of three days before they decided to
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