17th anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing
Today, Apr 19 2012, marks the 17th anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing. It was the deadliest terror attack on US soil until 9/11. On April 19, 1995, a bomb destroyed most of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. 168 people, including 19 children were killed and over 500 survivors were injured.
The U.S. Department of Justice convicted Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for the attack. McVeigh claimed he targeted the building as revenge for the deadly FBI raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, two years earlier. He was executed in 2001. Nichols remains in a supermax federal prison with a life sentence.
My heart goes out to all the victims and their families. I hope they are doing okay. Lets pray for peace for all humanity.
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