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<blockquote data-quote="mtnboomer" data-source="post: 2979759" data-attributes="member: 32439"><p>...9:03 am April 19, 1995.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing</a></p><p></p><p>The <strong>Oklahoma City bombing</strong> was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorist" target="_blank">domestic terrorist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_bomb" target="_blank">truck bombing</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Murrah_Federal_Building" target="_blank">Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Oklahoma_City" target="_blank">Downtown</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City" target="_blank">Oklahoma City</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma" target="_blank">Oklahoma</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> on April 19, 1995. Carried out by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh" target="_blank">Timothy McVeigh</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols" target="_blank">Terry Nichols</a>, the bombing destroyed one-third of the building, killed 168 people,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-VictimAges-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> and injured more than 680 others.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-OSDH-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> The blast destroyed or damaged 324 other buildings within a 16-block radius, shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, and destroyed or burned 86 cars,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-TI3-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-Safety-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> causing an estimated $652 million worth of damage.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-UnderstandingTerror106-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> Extensive rescue efforts were undertaken by local, state, federal, and worldwide agencies in the wake of the bombing, and substantial donations were received from across the country. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency" target="_blank">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a> (FEMA) activated eleven of its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FEMA_Urban_Search_and_Rescue_Task_Force" target="_blank">Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces</a>, consisting of 665 rescue workers who assisted in rescue and recovery operations.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-USDJ2-6" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-FEMAUSAR-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> This was the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil until the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" target="_blank">September 11 attacks</a> six years later, and it still remains as the deadliest domestic terrorism incident in United States history.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mtnboomer, post: 2979759, member: 32439"] ...9:03 am April 19, 1995. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing[/URL] The [B]Oklahoma City bombing[/B] was a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorist']domestic terrorist[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_bomb']truck bombing[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Murrah_Federal_Building']Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Oklahoma_City']Downtown[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City']Oklahoma City[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma']Oklahoma[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] on April 19, 1995. Carried out by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh']Timothy McVeigh[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols']Terry Nichols[/URL], the bombing destroyed one-third of the building, killed 168 people,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-VictimAges-1'][1][/URL] and injured more than 680 others.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-OSDH-2'][2][/URL] The blast destroyed or damaged 324 other buildings within a 16-block radius, shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, and destroyed or burned 86 cars,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-TI3-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-Safety-4'][4][/URL] causing an estimated $652 million worth of damage.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-UnderstandingTerror106-5'][5][/URL] Extensive rescue efforts were undertaken by local, state, federal, and worldwide agencies in the wake of the bombing, and substantial donations were received from across the country. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency']Federal Emergency Management Agency[/URL] (FEMA) activated eleven of its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FEMA_Urban_Search_and_Rescue_Task_Force']Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces[/URL], consisting of 665 rescue workers who assisted in rescue and recovery operations.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-USDJ2-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing#cite_note-FEMAUSAR-7'][7][/URL] This was the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil until the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks']September 11 attacks[/URL] six years later, and it still remains as the deadliest domestic terrorism incident in United States history. [/QUOTE]
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