The Oklahoma City bombing was one of the deadliest domestic terrorist attacks in United States history. On April 19, 1995, a truck bomb detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including 19 children, and injuring hundreds more. The attack was carried out by Timothy McVeigh, with assistance from Terry Nichols, and was motivated by extreme anti-government ideology following events such as the Waco siege and Ruby Ridge. The explosion destroyed much of the federal building and shocked the nation, leading to one of the largest criminal investigations in American history.
McVeigh was later convicted of multiple federal crimes and executed in 2001, while Nichols received life in prison. The Oklahoma City bombing remains a defining moment in the discussion of domestic terrorism, militia movements, and extremist violence in the United States. The nation had only digested and comes to terms with the horrific events at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and the events at Waco, Texas, when the news broke about the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995, which was the second anniversary of the fiery end to the Waco siege. Hosted by Colin D. Heaton.
