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the whole nation, it was directed towards the citizens of Oklahoma. He reassured Oklahomans that they are not alone in their time of grief and suffering. The President and First Lady planted a tree to honor the children that lost their life in the bombing. The tree is symbolic of the beginning of healing. He gave hope to the people that were angry, felt alone and felt violated because of the attack. He reminds the audience that justice would be brought to those who did this evil thing. He…

in a terrorist attack. The Oklahoma City bombing affected America in numerous ways, including in business, the lives of the victims, and America’s Image. Timothy McVeigh, a former military man, was the one behind this attack. McVeigh earned many medals while serving in the Persian Gulf War, but after not being admitted into the Special Forces program he left the Army. McVeigh was not alone in his wrong doings, Terry Nichols was also a part of the bombing. The two men were infuriated by events…

On April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m. Timothy McVeigh went into the annals of history for committing the single largest domestic terrorist attack in the history of the United States, killing 168 people – 19 of which were children. He was later captured that day by an Oklahoma State Trooper when he was stopped for driving a vehicle without a license plate and being in illegal possession of a firearm, then developed into the suspect of the event, indicted and convicted. On June 11, 2001, at 7:41 a.m.…

The year is 1995, the day April 19. People wake up and go to work as usual, but shortly after 9:00 am a rental truck explodes with great force in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in downtown Oklahoma City. After all possible rescue efforts were made, 168 were declared dead. More than 650 other people were injured and 19 of the deceased were children. Months later two men were charged with the murders and unlawful use of explosives. With these two in custody the public felt safe…

he was also very bright, earning a partial college scholarship after graduating from high school in 1986” (McVeigh, 2017).McVeigh started reading a book,” The Turner Diaries, an anti-government tome by neo-Nazi William Pierce, the book described a bombing of a Federal building, and the book fueled McVeigh’s paranoia about government plot to repeal the Second Amendment:.(McVeigh, 2017).In 1988 McVeigh enlisted in the U.S. Army and was a model solider, he also earned the Bronze star for bravery in…

Oklahoma City Bombing It was an early morning in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. People arriving to work and people still on there way. At 9:02 a.m on April 19, 1995, that all changed very quickly. A rental truck packed with explosives detonated in front of the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. The explosion was so powerful it blew off the north side of the wall. 911 was flooded with call. Emergency responders responded very quickly. They arrived on scene to…

Oklahoma City Bombing: April 19, 1995 The morning of April 19th, 1995 changed the United States forever. On that morning, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was attacked and destroyed by a homegrown terrorist. This event shook the US and forced the country to start thinking in terms of potential terror events, specifically ones carried out by US citizens. Two years earlier the World Trade Center was attacked by outsiders and caused America to begin to think about foreign…

What makes a criminal? What makes someone intentionally want to cause harm to other people? The type of environment a person grows up in could dictate whether or not they become a criminal. If a person grows up in a home where criminal behavior is normal, and they become desensitized to that type of behavior, they may grow up believing there is no harm in it. If you look at a criminal’s background, they normally don’t come from a happy home. Drug addicted parents, and police constantly showing…

Timothy McVeigh, the terrorist and mass murderer who was responsible for the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in the United States that killed 168 people on April 19, 1995. A royal blue dress, solid red dress, solid yellow dress, black dress, white dress, and two paisley dresses filled my sight as I glanced around at the managers crammed into my office, sitting in the dull brown chairs that surrounded my desk. They were intently waiting for me to discuss the next item that I planned to…

getaway car and was later caught by chance because the car did not have a license plate. The policeman was able to arrest him because McVeigh had a gun on his person without a license to carry it. Timothy McVeigh was helped with carrying out the bombing by two accomplices: Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier. Some rumors have been tossed around a “John Doe #2” that has never been identified nor found. Since then, though, the case has officially been closed. Timothy McVeigh picked the Alfred P.…