VIDEO/PHOTOS: Thirty years ago this month, Oklahoma City, and the United States, were changed forever. A bomb was detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Building in downtown Oklahoma City, leaving more than 160 people dead, hundreds injured and countless lives altered.
Who bombed Oklahoma City in 1995?
Timothy McVeigh, a veteran of the Gulf War and a sympathizer with the U.S. militia movement, planned and carried out the Oklahoma City bombing. McVeigh detonated the Ryder rental truck full of explosives that he parked in front of the building.
Terry Nichols, a fellow veteran who met McVeigh during their time in the U.S. Army, assisted in the planning and preparation of the bombing. In a federal case, McVeigh received the death sentence for his role in the bombing and the deaths of eight federal agents. He was executed by lethal injection in 2001. Nichols was sentenced in the federal case to life in prison without the possibility of release. Nichols was also tried by the State of Oklahoma for the loss of the others โ 160 men, women and children, and one unborn baby. Nichols was sentenced in 2004 to 161 life sentences without the possibility of parole.
How many people died in the Oklahoma City bombing?
The bombing resulted in the deaths of 168 people.
How many survived the Oklahoma City bombing?
More than 600 people survived the bombing of the Murrah Building, according to the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum. The blast injured more than 500 people in the Murrah Building and surrounding buildings.
