‘Whoever did this was an animal’: The Oklahoma City bombing in 1995
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His wife, LaRue, and his granddaughter, 4-year-old Ashley Eckles, were with him.
Julie Welch, 23, worked at the Social Security office. She worked with Spanish-speaking clients.
It was a normal day for all of them that ended in horror.
On Wednesday, April 19, 1995, at 9:03 a.m. a bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
The “bombing in the heartland” killed 168 people, including 19 children younger than 6 years old. More than 500 people were injured.
Oklahoma City fire Capt. Chris Fields carries 1-year-old Baylee Almon, in this file photo shot Wednesday, April, 19, 1995 at the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. The child died of her injuries. (AP Photo/Charles H. Porter IV, File)ASSOCIATED PRESS