Oklahoma City Bombing Timothy Mcveigh

Oklahoma City Bombing
Many say the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing was one of the most devastating attacks in American history. Timothy McVeigh’s actions shook the American society by desecrating Oklahoma City.
Growing up Timothy McVeigh had to live a difficult life. He was only 10 years old when his parents divorced in 1978. Dealing with this he felt isolated, and alone leading him to get picked on and bullied. The way he dealt with this was by focusing on his marksmanship skills, spending a lot of time shooting at coke cans every day. He was only 14, when he started worrying about government issues by piling up food and camping stuff that was his way of surviving. He went by “Take it as it comes, buy a Lamborghini, California girls.”

There were 168 casualties, 19 of those being children, as well as many injured humans. Dozens of vehicles were incinerated. All of these actions left the people infuriated they acted as quick as possible. The people in the building helped the police draw the man’s face out who had the van. The people around town figured out who he was and got a name. Just about 90 minutes later, after he set a bomb, he got pulled over by a state trooper because he didn’t have a license plate. When the FBI finally discovered who he was, he was already put in jail. This is when the case began to get very tiring. There was 28,000 interviews, 43,000 investigative leads, 1 billion viewed pieces of information, and 3 and a half tons of information. This investigation had 2,000 agents. The police and FBI gathered together chemicals from his clothes and an unknown card that had “TNT @$5/stick, need more” The jury wanted Timothy McVeigh sentenced to death, leaving Timothy to be given the lethal injection. However, his right wing extremists weren’t let off the hook so easily. Since Michael Fortier knew where the bomb was going to be set at, and Terry Nichols was Timothy’s helper in making the bomb, the Federal Government charged Timothy’s army buddies with helping McVeigh in plotting the bomb. Terry and Michael had years in

But rather than bow to fear as the attackers intended, the community banded together. Cars became ambulances. Strangers became neighbors. People literally donated the shoes off their feet. Visiting rescue workers and journalists called this spirit of generosity the “Oklahoma Standard.” This bombing was considered “international terrorism. This was a terrible tragedy for Oklahoma City and the People, and what happened was definitely devastating. After the bomb went off, the town was left looking horrendous. The floors were flat, 1/3 of the architectural structure was rubble, and 300 architectural structures were destroyed. “April 19, 1995 altered the face of Oklahoma, and the nation, forever.” Due to all that happened involving the Oklahoma City bombing, there is now a National Memorial & Museum. It is to let the Oklahoman’s recommit to the Oklahoma Standard. Just a little bit over the museum, “ It is an interactive learning experience that takes you on a chronological self-guided tour through the story of April 19, 1995, and the days, weeks and years that followed the bombing of Oklahoma City’s Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The story tracks the remarkable journey of loss, resilience, justice, and