was an atomic blast from tinker air force base. i was trying to make sense out of it. i did not think it was a bomb. they have dog teams here searching for survivors and for bodies. scores of people have been killed outright and hundreds more injured. the blast radius encompasses a 16-block area, but the murrah building is ground zero. bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms was headquartered there. some of its members are missing. social security was located there, a child care center was located there. initial estimates coming in
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in front of the murrah building. at some point, fortier decides to not take part in the bombing. in fact, in a later plea bargain, he will agree to testify against his co-conspirators. in march 1995, mcveigh creates a fake driver s license with the name robert d. kling and a birth date of april 19th, 1972. on april 14th, mcveigh buys the yellow 1977 mercury marquis from a used car dealer in junction city, kansas. the next day, mcveigh reserves the ryder truck from elliotts body shop using the robert d. kling alias. on april 16th, mcveigh and nichols drive the mercury to oklahoma city. mcveigh parks it several blocks away from the murrah building. he removes the license plates from the car and leaves a note. not abandoned.
destroy gun rights in america. the triggering moment was waco. he was there, and he decided that the government had gone too far. he was going to start his own war. and the first strike would be aimed at the heart of the country. for mcveigh and his army buddy terry nichols, targeting a government building was dramatic and symbolic. they chose the alfred p. murrah federal building in downtown oklahoma city which housed 14 federal agencies, including the secret service, the dea, and the atf. mcveigh believed that his bombing would be the opening salvo in a conflict against an illegitimate tyrannical federal government that needed to be brought down to its knees. of pr. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i ll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo!
from a quarry in marion, kansas. then that december, mcveigh and miael fortier go to oklahoma city to case the murrah building. we know for certain that mcveigh examined multiple federal buildings. he, in particularly, scouted out the murrah building on multiple occasions. we know that because he took michael fortier directly to the murrah building and said after his examination of all the potential targets, this is the one he was going to hit. mcveigh picks april 19th the date. known as patriots day, it s revered by many in the right wing anti-government movement. on april 19th, you have the first shot fired at lexington in the american revolution. on that day, waco occurs in 1993. and then two years later, mcveigh blows up his truck bomb