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Timothy Mcveigh's Domestic Bombing

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The Domestic Bombing The federal building in Oklahoma City had exploded in April of 1995 due to domestic terrorists. After the bomb detonated major damage was done to people and buildings, after some time we saw the terrorists’ get sentenced. This event was the worst terrorist attack on u.s soil until September 11, 2001 (Jenkins, 2001). At nine in the morning was when a rental truck was used as the method of explosion, as it was what contained the bombs. The explosion blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building with many events had followed soon after. Calculating the death count, property damage, and the arresting of the terrorists’ to take them in for questioning were the actions made. Once everything was settled police were able to check …show more content…

McVeigh had even served in a war, which was the Persian Gulf War yet he goes to bomb the federal building in Oklahoma City a few years later. McVeigh seemed to be leading the entire attack when the bombing took place. It’s not easily understood why he did what he did but, he was a hero to our nation and we were betrayed by him on that terrible day in history. McVeigh wasn’t alone while he did this, he had the help of a man named Terry Nichols, another domestic terrorist who was involved in the bombing as well as an accomplice. Nichols, who today is serving a life sentence in prison, makes claims and persists that he is not a terrorist, states that he was trying to expose others (Ridley, …show more content…

Nichols was charged with eight counts of involuntary manslaughter from the explosion he was involved in at Oklahoma City over twenty years ago. McVeigh was sentenced to death row for the murders of hundreds of people including the unsuspecting children in the federal building daycare. McVeigh had even admitted that he was unaware that there was a daycare within the structure, he even goes as far to state: "If I had known there was an entire day care center, it might have given me pause to switch targets. That's a large amount of collateral damage,"(Gorman, 2015). On June 11, 2001 was the day that Timothy McVeigh had been executed for his crimes but, not before spending around six years in death row. McVeigh had been executed by lethal injection with his last meal being a bit odd, two pints of mint chocolate ice

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665 rescue workers responded to the bomb site. Michael and Lori Fortier were identified as accomplices. Timothy was a gulf war veteran. Mcveigh was motivated by his hatred toward the federal government and his anger by its handling of the waco siege and ruby ridge case. The investigation was named OKBOMB.

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On April 18, 1995, at Geary Lake State Park in Kansas, McVeigh and Nichols constructed an explosive truck bomb. They utilized barrels filled with a mixture of ammonium nitrate, fuel, and other explosives. Each item was placed in the cargo compartment of the rental truck. On the morning of April 19, 1995, McVeigh drove toward Oklahoma City at around 7 a.m. While wearing a T-shirt with a drawing of Abraham Lincoln and the words “SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS,” McVeigh arrives in Oklahoma City about 8:50 a.m. He drove the Ryder truck up North West 5th Street shortly before 9:00 a.m.

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On April 19th 1995 the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed. The event killed 168 people including 19 children and injured 100 of others. This act of violence devastated the community of Oklahoma City. April 23rd 1995 President Clinton attended a memorial service for the victims.

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There was an eyewitness that described Timothy McVeigh on April 21 and this led to his arrest. It was then discovered that Timothy McVeigh had been a U.S.. soldier from 1968-2001. When in his teen years, McVeigh, who had been raised in western New York, acquired a penchant for guns and began honing survivalist skills he believed would be necessary in the event of a Cold War showdown with the Soviet Union. He graduated from high school in 1986 and in 1988 enlisted in the Army, where he proved to be a meticulous and disciplined soldier. While he served in the military, McVeigh became friends with his fellow soldier Nichols, who was more than a dozen years his senior and shared his survivalist

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One of an impactful, historical tragedy in U.S history is the Boston Bombing. On April 15, 2013, at about 2:50 p.m., two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The bombs explode within 8-12 seconds of each other, and they were about 50-100 yards apart. 3 people got killed and more than 260 people got injured. The window of the store near the explosion were broken and a window on the third floor of the Boston Public Library was damaged.

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On April 19, 1995, Timothy Mcveigh committed the most devastating terrorist attack at that time. This terrorist attack is known as the Oklahoma City Bombing which caused panic and chaos all over the United States. Early on that day, a Ryder truck containing a bomb made its way to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. This building was a United States Federal Government complex located in Oklahoma city, Oklahoma which included a day care center. Half of the building collapsed a couple seconds after the bomb which was located in the the truck denoted.

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The rental agreement for the truck and McVeigh’s driver’s license both used the home address of Terry Nichols (Saferstein, 2011). McVeigh’s fingerprints were also located on the receipt for 2,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, which was used to make the explosives (Saferstein,

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Downtown Oklahoma City was in complete panic when the nine foot building was detonated with a heavy explosive set by the former U.S. Army soldier(Jenkins). The bombing was a heartbreaking blow to the whole country killing many men, women, and children as well as many heroic rescue workers attempting to prevent as much loss of life as they could. Authorities were searching for the cause and reasons why McVeigh plotted to bomb the Oklahoma City building. Timothy was a extremist who believed in the right to armed self defense against oppressive government. McVeigh was identified and charged a suspect, and later surrendered to the

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Timothy McVeigh was exmilitary and he knew what he was doing. He knew exactly how much ammonium nitrate fertilizer and liquid nitromethane he needed and how to mix it just right. McVeigh and his main partner Terry Nichols “packed 108 bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, three fifty-five-gallon drums of liquid nitromethane, and several crates of explosives into the Ryder truck and moved it to Geary County State Lake, where they mixed the materials.” (Casey). After they got the truck ready, Nichols fled for Herington, Kansas and McVeigh got the truck to Oklahoma City to finish off his plan.

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On April 19, McVeigh watched on television with millions of other Americans as the FBI Stormed the compound resulting in a firestorm that killed dozens of Branch Davidians, including children (“Timothy”). McVeigh was known as a very friendly person before all of his anger built up. There must have been so much anger that his actions had killed 168 people. “Beginning in September, 1994, Timothy McVeigh began the plot to destroy the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. With accomplices Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier, McVeigh acquired several tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and gallons of fuel oil to form a highly volatile explosive.

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The Oklahoma City bombing was a large tragedy that ruined families and took many lives. Timothy showed iniquity by not thinking of any of the precious lives due to the hatred he had for the government. Timothy McVeigh committed an unforgivable crime on Wednesday April 19, 1995. McVeigh took 168 lives and injured 842 people by bombing the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Casey). Many Americans argued weather McVeigh should live or die.

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The Boston Marathon Bombings occurred April 15th, 2013, on Patriot’s Day. At approximately 2:49 p.m, two pressure cooker bombs, placed among the race’s spectators, exploded near the finish line of the marathon. The attack was sudden. The explosions occurred within 8 to 12 seconds of each other, being separated by roughly 50-100 yards. The bombs, filled with pellets and nails, killed 3 people and wounded 260 others.

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This shows that Americans were ready to blame others for what happened on the day of the bombing, and it challenges the current American protection against terrorism. The Oklahoma City bombing trial change American views on terrorism. Although the bombing was executed by a small group of people and was connected with a bigger from of terrorist

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Nichols admits to helping McVeigh choose materials to construct the bomb, and even helped McVeigh the day before the bombing with building the bomb in the back of the rental Ryder truck. Even though Nichols was charged with his connection to the Oklahoma City bombings, Nichols had denied his involvement for many years. A search of Nichols home after his arrest found that he had blasting caps, guns, and a receipt that showed the purchase of ammonium nitrate that exceeded what an individual would need for personal use for lawn care. In addition, Michael Fortier was charged and sentenced to ten years after law enforcement found out that Fortier knew about McVeigh’s plans for the Oklahoma City bombing, and his failure to report it. Fortier also assisted McVeigh by receiving stolen weapons from Terry Nichols, selling the weapons, and upon McVeigh’s request, giving the money he made off of the stolen weapons to Nichols.

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