Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
The
Alfred P. Murrah federal building was a
United States Government complex located in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the target of the
Oklahoma City bombing. On the morning of
April 19,
1995,
Timothy McVeigh parked a rented Ryder truck with explosives in front of the complex and at 9:04am (Central Time) a massive explosion occurred which sheared the entire front of the building and killing 168 people including young children inside of a daycare center.