EYEwitness Tours Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum Experience the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum through stories from those most impacted by the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Hear personal accounts from Dennis Purifoy, a survivor who worked in the Social Security Administration on the first floor of the Federal Building. Dennis sustained lacerations but was not seriously injured. After the bombing, he was involved with the planning for the Memorial and Museum. Get a private tour of the Museum and behind-the-scenes look at the Museum Archives. Free parking in the Memorial Parking Garage with admission.
Jan 20, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The attack on the U.S. Capitol by an angry mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters shocked many Americans who thought such a violent assault by their fellow countrymen wasn’t possible.
But for Oklahoma City bombing survivor Dennis Purifoy, the Capitol assault was a clear parallel to what happened at the federal building in his hometown more than 25 years ago. The anger against the government, a radicalized perpetrator fueled by right-wing extremism, a desire to spark a revolution all commonalities with Timothy McVeigh, whose fertilizer truck bomb ripped apart the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, and killed 168 people.
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