The City Of Lost Children (1995)

Oklahoma City Bombing – Do You Still Remember The Terror

Do you still remember the Oklahoma City bombing?

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YES! I will never forget it!

No! What is that?

During the morning of April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City was devastated by a horrible terrorist attack. Timothy McVeigh, an American from militia movement, detonated an explosive-filled truck in front of a Federal Building.

A lot of innocent lives were lost. According to the reports, it claimed 168 lives including nineteen less than six-year-old children. It injures more than 600 people, destroyed and damaged nearby buildings, burned more than 80 cars and shattered building glass in around 3-mile area. It was estimated that the explosion caused a lost of more than $600 million worth of property damage.

In the wake of the bombing, the national media seized upon the fact that nineteen of the victims had been babies and children, many in the day-care center. At the time of the bombing, there were 100 day-care centers in the United States in 7,900 federal buildings. McVeigh later stated that he was unaware of the day-care center when choosing the building as a target, and if he had known “… it might have given me pause to switch targets. That’s a large amount of collateral damage. However, the FBI stated that McVeigh scouted the interior of the building in December 1994 and likely knew of the day-care center before the bombing.

Local, state, federal and worldwide agencies undertake extensive rescue efforts in the wake of the bombing, and considerable donations were gathered from across the country. Eleven of Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were activated, consisting of more than 600 rescue workers to assist in rescue and recovery operations.

As a result of the bombing, the U.S. government passed legislation designed to increase the protection around federal buildings to deter future terrorist attacks. From 1995 to 2005, over 60 domestic terrorism plots were foiled due to preventive measures taken in response to the bombing. On April 19, 2000, the Oklahoma City National Memorial was dedicated on the site of the Murrah Federal Building, commemorating the victims of the bombing. Annual remembrance services are held at the same time of day as the original explosion occurred.

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