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== The Bombing ==

== The Bombing ==

On the days leading up to April 19th, McVeigh and Nichols filled a rented Ryder truck with approximately 5000 pounds of a fuel oil and fertilizer mixture.  On the morning of April 19th, Timothy McVeigh drove the truck into downtown Oklahoma City, parking it directly in front of the Murrah Federal Building.  At 9:02 am, the bomb detonated, collapsing the front facade of the federal building and severly damaging several surrounding buildings. The explosion could be heard and felt several miles away.

On the days leading up to April 19th, McVeigh and Nichols filled a rented Ryder truck with approximately 5000 pounds of a fuel oil and fertilizer mixture.  On the morning of April 19th, Timothy McVeigh drove the truck into downtown Oklahoma City, parking it directly in front of the Murrah Federal Building.  At 9:02 am, the bomb detonated, collapsing the front facade of the federal building and severely damaging several surrounding buildings. The explosion could be heard and felt several miles away.

McVeigh intended to avenge the deaths among the [[Branch Davidian]]s at [[Waco]], [[Texas]], a third of which were members of minority groups, including 30 blacks, as well as 6 Hispanics and 7 Asians and including a number of interracial marriages. <ref>David B. Kopel and Paul H. Blackman, ''No More Wacos: What’s Wrong With Federal Law Enforcement and How To Fix It'', Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1997, 409-411.</ref>  Despite widespread allegations spread through the mainstream media sourced to anti-racist watchdogs groups of racial motivations behind the bombings, Nichols himself was married to a Philippine national. McVeigh had been [[politically profiled]] in Brandon Stickney's ''All-American Monster - The Unauthorized Biography of Timothy McVeigh'', allegations which were responded to in an article by Lawrence W. Myers in ''Media Bypass'' magazine. <ref>Lawrence W. Myers, Tim McVeigh: An Interview, ''Media Bypass'', February 1996, pg. 36.</ref>

McVeigh intended to avenge the deaths among the [[Branch Davidian]]s at [[Waco]], [[Texas]], a third of which were members of minority groups, including 30 blacks, as well as 6 Hispanics and 7 Asians and including a number of interracial marriages. <ref>David B. Kopel and Paul H. Blackman, ''No More Wacos: What’s Wrong With Federal Law Enforcement and How To Fix It'', Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1997, 409-411.</ref>  Despite widespread allegations spread through the mainstream media sourced to anti-racist watchdogs groups of racial motivations behind the bombings, Nichols himself was married to a Philippine national. McVeigh had been [[politically profiled]] in Brandon Stickney's ''All-American Monster - The Unauthorized Biography of Timothy McVeigh'', allegations which were responded to in an article by Lawrence W. Myers in ''Media Bypass'' magazine. <ref>Lawrence W. Myers, Tim McVeigh: An Interview, ''Media Bypass'', February 1996, pg. 36.</ref>

== Memorial ==

== Memorial ==

The site of the Murrah building was converted into a memorial for those who had died.  Its most striking feature is 168 chairs, one for each of the deceased.

The site of the Murrah building was converted into a memorial for those who had died.  Its most striking feature is 168 chairs, one for each of the deceased.

==References==

==References==

:[http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=151372 The decision in McVeigh's appeal]

:[http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=151372 The decision in McVeigh's appeal]

:[http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/ The memorial]

:[http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/ The memorial]

[[category:United States History]]

[[Category:United States History]]