Posted on Apr 20, 2020
On 25th Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing, Officials Find Lessons For Today
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Before 9/11, there was Oklahoma City.
On April 19, 1995, the United States experienced what was — to that point — the most deadly act of terror ever perpetrated on American soil, when a right-wing extremist detonated a truck bomb next to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
It's been 25 years since 168 people — including 19 children — lost their lives when thousands of pounds of fertilizer, fuel and other chemicals exploded and ripped a gaping hole in the building's facade.
On Sunday, the city's mayor, David Holt, marked the anniversary by saying the way Oklahoma City responded to that tragedy can inform how the nation responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
"COVID-19, 9/11, the bombing, these are all similarly shared experiences along this journey we call life," Holt said in a commemorative video that aired on local stations. "In the wake of such events, what matters is that we take lessons from them and emerge wiser and more prepared to face similar challenges ahead."
On April 19, 1995, the United States experienced what was — to that point — the most deadly act of terror ever perpetrated on American soil, when a right-wing extremist detonated a truck bomb next to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
It's been 25 years since 168 people — including 19 children — lost their lives when thousands of pounds of fertilizer, fuel and other chemicals exploded and ripped a gaping hole in the building's facade.
On Sunday, the city's mayor, David Holt, marked the anniversary by saying the way Oklahoma City responded to that tragedy can inform how the nation responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
"COVID-19, 9/11, the bombing, these are all similarly shared experiences along this journey we call life," Holt said in a commemorative video that aired on local stations. "In the wake of such events, what matters is that we take lessons from them and emerge wiser and more prepared to face similar challenges ahead."
On 25th Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing, Officials Find Lessons For Today
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Terrorism is Terrorism..,
Why does it take death to remember the past & maybe, learn from it?
just my two cents
Why does it take death to remember the past & maybe, learn from it?
just my two cents
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What's more disturbing...
*Disclaimer* I don't condone what Terry Nichols & Tim McVeigh did.
But they bombed the federal building because Clinton ordered Army tanks to invade the Branch Dividian in Waco, TX.
If Clinton didn't order that invasion, then the OKC bombing would not have happened...
*Disclaimer* I don't condone what Terry Nichols & Tim McVeigh did.
But they bombed the federal building because Clinton ordered Army tanks to invade the Branch Dividian in Waco, TX.
If Clinton didn't order that invasion, then the OKC bombing would not have happened...
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