Former President Bill Clinton urged the Americans to “do better” in his statements at an event that defines the thirtieth anniversary of the 1995 Oklahoma bombing. He said that “what we condemn after 30 years for the people who made the final sacrifice.”
The bombing on April 19, 1995, in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building building is the most bloody local attack in the history of the United States. A truck bomb exploded in front of the federal building at 9:02 am that 168 people, including 19 children. Nearly 700 others were injured in the attack.
Former US President Bill Clinton, attending the first church, addresses the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred B. Mora Federal in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 19, 2025. (Reuters/Nick Oxford)
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Clinton was close to the end of his first term in his post when the attack occurred. At the event of the thirtieth anniversary, remember the day of the tragedy.
“Thirty years ago, I thought I would spend a completely different day when I woke up,” Clinton told those present at this event on Saturday. “I went to run with the winners of the Boston Marathon, and gave me the illusion, and they were, that I was somewhat fit. Then I returned to the White House and the devastating news.”
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building stands ready for collapse in Oklahoma City on May 21, 1995. This opinion is what was a parking lot north of the building. (Reuters)
Defense lawyer at Timothy McAfi remembers the bomber of Oklahoma City
The former president also talked about the beauty and importance of the “Oklahoma standard”, a spirit of flexibility and unity that has emerged in response to the bombing. Clinton said he wishes, “Every American will get a copy of the Oklahoma standard in the mail or on their cell phone tomorrow. I bet he will have a great effect.”
Oklahouan urged to take the spirit of “Oklahoma” and spread it throughout the country, saying that it is grateful for the existence of the standard.
On the morning of April 19, 1995, the former army soldier and security guard, Timothy McVy, arrested a rented truck in front of Alfred B. Federal Mora before he settled from the bomb.
A visitor looks at the faces of some victims of the bombing of the city of Oklahoma at the Oclahoma National Memorial Museum in Oklahoma City on June 12, 2001, one day after the execution of Timothy McVy. (Getty Images)
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“The bombing in Oklahoma City was an attack on innocent children and isolation citizens,” Clinton said on April 19, 1995. Doj version.
Ultimately, McVy and his participating staff were arrested and convicted. On August 14, 1997, more than two years after the bombing, McVeight was sentenced to death. He was executed on June 11, 2001, exactly three months before the American attack 9/11. The Oklahoma City bombing was the worst terrorist attack on the American soil until September 11.