The Oklahoma City Bombing

The Oklahoma City Bombing (Perpetrated April 19, 1995) was a mass bombing event set in motion my Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichos. An explosives filled box-truck was planted in the buildings parking lot and at 9:02 AM, the bomb was detonated by McVeigh, in reference to start of the fire that ended the Waco Seige. McVeigh was arrested 90 minutes after and after several weeks was sentenced to death by lethal injection, while Terry Nichos was given life in prison. 2 others were alleged accomplises for knowing about the bombing but not warning the government, one was granted immunity for her testimony, and the other was sentenced for 12 years in prison and was released in 2007