Fifteen years ago on April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck filled with explosives made from ammonium nitrate fertilizer, in front of the Alfred P. Murrah building in downtown Oklahoma City.
This was the most destructive terrorist act ever perpetrated in the United States, until the September 11, 2001 attacks. 168 lives were lost on that day, 19 of which were under the age of 6, and more than 680 people were injured. The blast damaged or destroyed over 300 buildings within a sixteen block radius. It is estimated that the bomb caused at least $650 million dollars worth of damage.
Not all terrorist are from foreign lands, some are home grown, and an extremist from any side is a bad thing.
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