The April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alphred p. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma will always be remembered. The explosion caused massive damage to the building and killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children (Rosenberg, par.1). The bombing took place at the Alphred p. Murrah federal building.(Rosenberg, par.1). Timothy j. McVeigh and terry l. Nichols had bombed the building as revenge for the raid on the Branch Dravidian compound in Waco, Texas, April 19, 1993 (Rosenburg,par.2). At 9:02AM, CST, they detonated a rental truck filled with explosives (Rosenberg, par.1). That day near Perry, Oklahoma, Timothy McVeigh was pulled over during a traffic stop for driving without a license plate. Once the discovered that McVeigh had an unregistered gun, he then arrested McVeigh on a fire arms charge (Rosenberg, par.5). April 21, 1995, Terry Nichols turned himself in. the remaining building implodes on May 23, 1995, McVeigh and Nichols are indicted on murder and conspiracy. On June 2, 1997, McVeigh is convicted for 11 counts of murder, conspiracy, and using a weapon of mass destruction and is later sentenced to death (CNN, timeline). On December 23, 1997, Nichols is convicted on federal charges of conspiracy and 8 counts of involuntary …show more content…
Murrah federal office building. The original bombing resembles a scene in the book where a truck bomb destroys FBI headquarters in Washington, killing hundreds. Among other things, the explosive used is identical, and so is the time of day (Jenkins, 44). McVeigh and Nichols joined the army infantry in1989 at fort riley, Kansas. McVeigh also wins a bronze star in the gulf war and is discharged in 1991. McVeigh lived in a trailer park and various motels in Kingman, Arizona from 1993 until one week before the Oklahoma City bombing. The summer of 1993, McVeigh was living in Decker, Michigan on a farm by James Nichols- terry Nichols brother (Thomas,