How The Oklahoma City Bombing Affected American Society

The Oklahoma City Bombing was a terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 19, 1995. The people responsible were Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the explosion took the lives at least 168 people, injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one-third of the building. All the damages together add up to $652 million worth of repairs. Until the 2001 September 11 attacks, this bombing was the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil and remains the deadliest incident of domestic terrorism in United States history. There is no doubt that this tragedy greatly affected America socially, economically, and politically. This bombing affected America socially, because

This bombing also scarred American society, because after this tragedy happened, security precautions were a lot more strict. This bombing also affected American society, by affecting the future of many tragedies to come, including the 9/11 attacks. This bombing also scarred American society because Timothy McVeigh and Nichols gave many people really bad ideas and paved the way for many future shootings, bombings, massacres to come. Many people believe that events such as the Columbine shooting were influenced by the Oklahoma City bombing. After the bombing, the rest of the building was demolished for safety reasons. Then the area was turned into a memorable museum, and a place to remember the victims of this terrible tragedy. This also affected people's perspective on the United States federal government, because of the suspicions that Timothy Mcveigh and Nichols had against the government. In the end, the government that McVeigh hated and hoped to topple swiftly captured him and convincingly convicted both him and his co-conspirators. Many people began to side with Timothy McVeigh and believe in his beliefs of the United States federal government. This caused a lot of problems, because now people didn’t support the United States federal government. Studies of the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19th, 1995, indicate that the

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, causing an estimated $652 million worth of damage. 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 Federal Emergency Management agency activated 11 of its Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces, consisting of 665 rescue workers who assisted in rescue and recovery operations. Beneath the pile of concrete and twisted steel were clues. And the FBI was determined to find them. It didn’t take long. On April 20, the rear axle of the Ryder truck was located, which yielded a vehicle identification number that was traced to a body shop in Junction City, Kansas. Employees at the shop helped the FBI quickly put together a composite drawing of the man who had rented the van. Agents showed the drawing around town, and local hotel employees supplied a name: Tim McVeigh. The bombing was quickly solved, but the investigation turned out to be one of the most exhaustive in FBI history. No stone was left unturned to make sure every clue was found and all the culprits identified. By the time it was over, the Bureau had conducted more than 28,000 interviews, followed some 43,000 investigative leads, amassed three-and-a-half tons of