Timothy McVeigh. The Oklahoma City bomber. The “face of American terrorism.” The face of evil.

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James Corbett – On the morning of April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Building was torn apart by explosions, killing 168. Office workers. Passersby. Children in the building’s day care centre. Horrified, a nation in grief turned to the authorities for answers.

Now, 20 years after that tragic day, we all know the story the public was told:

NEWS REPORTER: “Less than a week away now from the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. It’s still the largest act of domestic terrorism our countries ever seen.”

NARRATOR: “At approximately 8:40 in the morning of April 19th, 1995, a slow-moving Ryder truck was seen near the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

NEWS REPORTER: “A Ryder truck loaded with a diesel fuel and fertiliser bomb, blew up next to Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, cutting it in half. 168 people, including 19 children it’s in daycare centre, died.”

NEWS REPORTER: “There you see, as the building was just simply cut away by this huge explosion.”

NEWS REPORTER: “Collapsed into a shifting house of cards. Pulling at the rubble they sometimes wonder whether they’re tugging the piece that holds it all up.”

NEWS REPORTER: “The nation-wide search for suspects in the Oklahoma City bombing…”

NARRATOR: “The government has claimed that McVeigh was alone. Terry Nichols was also later arrested and convicted as an accomplice.”

NEWS REPORTER: “The plot was said be an attempt to avenge the deaths of about 80 people in the government siege at the Branch Dividian compound in Waco, Texas, exactly 2 years earlier.”

And that story quickly centered on one man: Continue reading →