"Final Report on the Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building"
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"Truth
Matters....Without It There
Can Be No Justice"
 On April
19, 1995, just after parents dropped their children off at the
day care center at the Murrah Federal
Building in downtown Oklahoma
City, a massive bomb inside a Ryder Rental Truck and
supplemental charges inside the building,
blew half of the nine-story building into oblivion, killing 168 people
and injuring hundreds of others. |
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 The Bombing
A massive bomb inside a rental truck exploded, blowing half of the nine-story building into oblivion. A stunned nation watched as the bodies of men, women, and children were pulled from the rubble for nearly two weeks. When the smoke cleared and the exhausted rescue workers packed up and left, 168 people were dead in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.The 168 victims killed in the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building included babies and grandparents, workers at their first days on the job and those on the verge of retirement. One woman was seven months pregnant with her first child. Another had had her wedding four days earlier. One baby had celebrated her first birthday the day before. In addition to those who lost their lives, 500 people were injured. Countless others lost friends and relatives. Lucio Aleman Jr., 33 Federal Highway Administration safety coordinator Teresa Antoinette Alexander, 33 Nurse's assistant, died while getting a Social Security card for her son Richard Arthur Allen, 46 Social Security claims representative Ted Leon Allen, 48 Economic development specialist for HUD Baylee Almon,1 One of 17 children killed at America's Kids daycare center. A picture of her in a firefighter's arms won the Pulitzer Prize. Rebecca Anderson, 37 Nurse, killed trying to rescue injured victims after the blast. Diane Elaine Hollingsworth Althouse, 45 HUD program assistant Pamela Denise Argo, 36 Hospital worker doing paperwork at the Social Security office Saundra Gail "Sandy" Avery, 34 Social Security office clerk Peter Robert Avillanoza, 56 HUD supervisor Calvin Battle, 62, and his wife,Peola Battle, 56 Killed while visiting the Social Security office Danielle Nicole Bell, 1 Attending daycare Oleta Christine Biddy, 54 Social Security representative Shelly Bland, 25 Asset forfeiture specialist for the Drug Enforcement Administration Andrea Y. Blanton, 33 HUD clerk Olen Burl Bloomer, 61 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget assistant Sgt. Lola Renee Bolden, 40 Army recruiting officer James Everette Boles, 50 Department of Agriculture administrative officer Mark Allen Bolte, 28 Federal Highway Administration environmental specialist Cassandra Booker, 25 Was applying for Social Security cards for her twin sons Carol L Bowers, 53 Social Security operations supervisor Peachlyn Bradley, 3 Died while accompanying her mother, grandmother and brother to the Social Security office. The brother, 4-month-old Gabreon Bruce, and grandmother, Cheryl Hammons, 44, a nurse's assistant, also died. Woody Brady, 41 Self-employed book publisher, was visiting the credit union Cynthia Lynn Campbell Brown, 26 Special agent for the U.S. Secret Service Paul Gregory Broxterman, 42 HUD criminal investigator Kimberly Ruth Burgess, 29 Federal Employees Credit Union administrative assistant David Neil Burkett, 47 HUD financial analyst Donald Earl Burns Sr.,63 HUD construction analyst Karen Gist Carr, 32 Advertising assistant for the Army recruiting office Michael Joe Carrillo, 44 Department of Transportation regional director Rona Linn Chafey, 36 Drug Enforcement Agency worker Zackary Taylor Chavez, 3 Attending daycare Sharon Louise Wood Chesnut, 47 Social Security claims representative Robert Chipman, 51 Was a financial analyst for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board located across the street from the federal building Kimberly Kay Clark, 39 HUD legal assistant Peggy Clark, 42 Department of Agriculture worker Antonio Ansara Cooper Jr. 6 months, daycare attendee Christopher Cooper, 2 Daycare attendee, killed with his mother, Dana LeAnne Cooper, 24, the director of America's Kids daycare center. Harley Richard Cottingham, 46 Special agent for the Department of Defense Kim Robin Cousins, 33 HUD program assistant Aaron M Coverdale, 5 Daycare attendee. His brother, Elijah, 2, was also killed at the center Jaci Rae Coyne, 1 Attending daycare Kathy Cregan, 60 Social Security service representative Richard Leroy Cummins, 55 Department of Agriculture senior investigator Stephen Douglas Curry, 44 General Services Administration building inspector Brenda Faye Daniels, 42 Teacher at daycare center Benjamin Laranzo Davis, 29 Clerk in the U.S. Marine Corps recruiting station Diana Lynn Day, 38 HUD housing coordinator Peter Leslie DeMaster, 44 Special agent for the Defense Department Castine Deveroux, 49 Program support assistant at HUD Sheila R. Gigger Driver, 28 College student visiting the credit union Tylor Eaves, 8 months Attending daycare Ashley Megan Eckles, 4 Was killed along with grandparents Luther and LaRue Treanor in the Social Security office Susan Jane Ferrell, 37 HUD attorney Carrol June Fields, 48 Drug Enforcement Agency office assistant Katherine Ann Finley, 44 Federal Employees Credit Union worker. Judy Joann Fisher, 45 HUD office clerk. Linda L Florence, 43 Secretary at HUD Donald Lee Fritzler, 64, and his wife Mary Anne Fritzler, 57 Killed while checking on his retirement benefits at the Social Security office Tevin D'Aundrae Garrett, 1 Attending daycare Laura Jane Garrison, 61 Hospital clerk, picking up retirement forms at the Social Security office Jamie Lee Genzer, 32 Federal Employees Credit Union loan officer Margaret Goodson, 54 Claims representative for the Social Security Administration Kevin Lee Gottshall II, 6 months Attending daycare Ethel Louise Griffin, 55 Social Security service representative Juretta Colleen Guiles, 59 HUD worker Randolph Guzman, 28 Executive officer of the Marine Corps recruiting center Kayla Marie Haddock, 3 Attending daycare Ronald Vernon Harding, 55 Social Security service representative Thomas Lynn, Hawthorne Sr., 52 Local tire company worker, killed while picking up paperwork at the Social Security office Doris Adele Higginbottom, 44 Purchasing agent for the Department of Agriculture Anita Hightower, 27 A secretary, was killed while at her desk in a building across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah federal building Thompson Eugene Hodges Jr., 54 HUD supervisor Peggy Louise Jenkins Holland, 37 Computer specialist for the U.S. Army recruiting center Linda Coleen Housley, 53 Loan officer at the Federal Employees Credit Union George Michael Howard, 45 HUD development director Wanda Lee Howell, 34 Daycare attendant Robin Ann Huff, 37 Loan officer at the Federal Employees Credit Union Anna Jean Hurlburt, 67, and her husband, Charles Hurlburt, 73 Both killed while checking on retirement benefits at the Social Security office Paul Douglas Ice, 42 U.S. Customs Service special agent Christi Yolanda Jenkins, 32 Federal Employees Credit Union teller Norma Jean Johnson, 62 Secretary at the Department of Defense Raymond Johnson, 59 Volunteer at the Social Security office Larry James Jones, 46 Computer programmer with the Department of Transportation Alvin Junior Justes, 54 Retired government employee, killed while at the Federal Employees Credit Union Blake Ryan Kennedy, 1 Attending daycare Carole Sue Khalil ,50 Department of Agriculture clerk Valerie Jo Koelsch, 33 Marketing director at the Federal Employees Credit Union Carolyn Ann Kreymborg, 57 HUD clerk Teresa Lea Lauderdale, 41 Secretary at HUD Catherine Mary Leinen, 47 Collection officer at HUD Carrie Ann Lenz, 26 Legal technician at the Drug Enforcement Agency. Donald R Leonard, 50 Special agent for the Secret Service Lakesha Levy, 21 Who was in the U.S. Navy, died while picking up her Social Security card Dominique London R., 2 Attending daycare Rheta Ione Bender Long, 60 Program clerk at the Department of Agriculture Michael Lee Loudenslager, 48 General Services Administration planner Aurelia Donna Luster, 43, and her husband, Robert Lee Luster Jr., 45 Were killed while visiting the Social Security office Mickey Bryant Maroney, 50 Secret Service special agent James Kenneth Martin, 34 Civil engineer for the Department of Transportation Gilbert Xavier Martinez, 35 Pastor, died while visiting the Social Security office Tresia Jo Mathes-Worton, 28 Federal Employees Credit Union teller James Anthony McCarthy, 53 HUD director Kenneth Glenn McCullough, 36 Special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency Betsy Janice McGonnell, 47 HUD clerk Linda Gail Griffin McKinney, 47 Office manager at the Secret Service office Cartney McRaven, 19 Was at the Social Security office to report the change of her last name. She had been married four days before the blast. Claude Arthur Medearis, 41 Senior special agent for the U.S. Customs office Claudette Meek, 43 Federal Employees Credit Union vice president. Frankie Ann Merrell, 23 Federal Employees Credit Union teller Derwin Wade Miller, 27 Social Security claims representative Eula Leigh Mitchell, 64 Was at the Social Security office filling out retirement forms John Clayton Moss III, 50 Head of advertising for the U.S. Army recruiting office Patricia "Trish" Ann Nix, 47 HUD financial analyst Jerry Lee Parker, 45 Engineer for the Department of Transportation Jill Diane Randolph, 27 Certified public accountant for the Federal Employees Credit Union Michelle Ann Reeder, 33 Administrative assistant at the Department of Transportation Terry Smith Rees, 41 HUD program director Mary Leasure Rentie, 39 HUD housing specialist. Antonio C Reyes, 55 Equal opportunity specialist for HUD Kathy Ridley, 24 A student, was killed while visiting an office building across the street from the federal building Trudy Rigney, 31 Worked for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board located across the street from the federal building Claudine Ritter, 48 Collection officer at the Federal Employees Credit Union Christine Nicole Rosas, 22 Receptionist at the Federal Employees Credit Union. Sonja Lynn Sanders, 27 Federal Employees Credit Union teller. Lanny Lee David Scroggins, 46 Accountant for the HUD office Kathy Lynn Seidl, 39 Investigative assistant at the Secret Service office Leora Lee Sells, 57 Secretary at the HUD office Karan Denise Shepherd, 27 Loan officer at the Federal Employees Credit Union Chase Dalton Smith, 3 Attending daycare. Colton Smith, 2 Attending daycare. Victoria Lee Sohn, 36 U.S. Army recruiting office worker John Thomas Stewart, 51 HUD worker Dolores Marie Stratton , 51 Personnel clerk at the U.S. Army recruiting office. Emilio Tapla, 50 Picking up disability check at the Social Security office. Victoria Jeanette Texter, 37 Worker at the Federal Employees Credit Union. Charlotte Thomas, 43 Was a clerk at the Social Security office. Michael George Thompson, 47 Field representative for the Social Security office Virginia Mae Thompson, 56 Worker at the Federal Employees Credit Union Ricky Lee Tomlin, 46 Special agent for the Department of Transportation LaRue Ann Treanor, 55, and her husband, Luther Hartman Treanor, 61 Killed at Social Security office while checking on retirement benefits Larry Laverne Turner, 42 Special agent for the Department of Defense Jules Alfonso Valdez, 51 HUD program manager John Karl Vaness III, 67 Appraiser for HUD Johnny Allen Wade, 42 Engineer for the Department of Transportation David Jack Walker, 54 Environmental officer for HUD Robert Nolan Walker Jr., 52 Social Security claims representative Wanda Lee Watkins, 49 Clerk in the U.S. Army recruiting office Michael D. Weaver, 45 HUD attorney Julie Marie Welch, 23 Social Security claims representative Robert Glen Westberry, 57 Special agent at the Department of Defense Alan Gerald Whicher, 40 Secret Service special agent Jo Ann Whittenberg, 35 Program support assistant at HUD Frances Ann Williams, 48 Secretary at HUD Scott Dwain Williams, 24 Seafood salesman, was killed while making a delivery at the federal building William Stephen Williams, 42 Operations supervisor at the Social Security office Clarence Eugene Wilson, 49 HUD worker. Ronota Ann Woodbridge, 31 Engineer for the Department of Transportation John Albert Youngblood, 52 Special agent with the Department of Transportation |
n April
19, 1995, around 9:03 a.m., just after parents dropped their children
off at day care at the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma
City, the unthinkable happened.
For more information contact:
Chris Emery at 505-980-5422 or George Wallace at 405-751-7649
NewsfeedApril 19, 2007, is the 12 year anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Many questions about the bombing still remain ... |
Newsfeed... Alfred P. Murrah Building , April 19, 1995 , by the Oklahoma Bombing Investigation Committee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: 2001, 576 pages, paperback. |
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