Bombing
Introduction
Audio Recording
The recording you just heard was from the Water Resource Board meeting on April 19, 1995 at 9:02 a.m. in Oklahoma City.
The explosion heard in the recording was the domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and would remain the most destructive act of terrorism until 9/11. That being said everyone knows about 9/11 but very few know about the Oklahoma bombing, rescue efforts & casualties, and memorial. First Main Point: Bombing
On the morning of April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh parked a rented Ryder truck full of explosives in the Murrah Federal Building drop-off zone centered under the building's day-care center.
At 9:02a.m. The truck exploded in the front of the nine story building. One third of the building was destroyed which created a 30 ft. wide by 8 ft. deep crater in what was the street in front of the building, NW Fifth Street.
The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a 16-block radius, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings. The blast also destroyed or burnt 86 cars around the area.
The effects of the blast were equivalent to over 5,000 pounds of TNT and were felt up to 55 miles away. The explosion was estimated to have caused at least $652 million worth of damage.
Rescue efforts and Casualties
At 9:03a.m. the first of over 1,800 911 calls was received. By that time emergency personnel were already in route after hearing the blast themselves.
Within 23 minutes, the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) was set up, consisting of people from the State Department of Public Health, the military, American Red Cross, and the Civil Air Patrol. It is estimated that 646 people were inside the building when the bomb exploded.
The EMS command post was set up almost immediate following the attack and oversaw triage, treatment, and transportation. A simple plan was established: treatment and transportation of the injured needed to be done as quickly as possible. And the
Audio Recording
The recording you just heard was from the Water Resource Board meeting on April 19, 1995 at 9:02 a.m. in Oklahoma City.
The explosion heard in the recording was the domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and would remain the most destructive act of terrorism until 9/11. That being said everyone knows about 9/11 but very few know about the Oklahoma bombing, rescue efforts & casualties, and memorial. First Main Point: Bombing
On the morning of April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh parked a rented Ryder truck full of explosives in the Murrah Federal Building drop-off zone centered under the building's day-care center.
At 9:02a.m. The truck exploded in the front of the nine story building. One third of the building was destroyed which created a 30 ft. wide by 8 ft. deep crater in what was the street in front of the building, NW Fifth Street.
The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a 16-block radius, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings. The blast also destroyed or burnt 86 cars around the area.
The effects of the blast were equivalent to over 5,000 pounds of TNT and were felt up to 55 miles away. The explosion was estimated to have caused at least $652 million worth of damage.
Rescue efforts and Casualties
At 9:03a.m. the first of over 1,800 911 calls was received. By that time emergency personnel were already in route after hearing the blast themselves.
Within 23 minutes, the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) was set up, consisting of people from the State Department of Public Health, the military, American Red Cross, and the Civil Air Patrol. It is estimated that 646 people were inside the building when the bomb exploded.
The EMS command post was set up almost immediate following the attack and oversaw triage, treatment, and transportation. A simple plan was established: treatment and transportation of the injured needed to be done as quickly as possible. And the