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Killed outright and hundreds more injured. the blast radius encompasses a 16-block area, but the murrah building is ground zero. ♪ >> bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms was headquartered there. some of its members are missing. >> social security was located there, a child care center located there. estimates coming in there had been perhaps a thousand people. it was staggering the potential casualties and deaths that could have been caused by this bombing. everything around the building was still on fire. cars across the street were on fire. the trees that were there were on fire. >> pe...

Works! works? works. works. on august 10th, 1995, a federal grand jury charges timothy mcveigh and terry nichols with 11 criminal counts, including 8 counts of murder. that figure is based upon the number of federal law enforcement officials killed in the blast. on april 24th, 1997, 2 years after the bombing, mcveigh's trial begins in denver, colorado. the prosecution presents first,

History. it changed the country in ways that are still being felt. >> people forget how different the world was when the bombing happened. and i think it shattered across the world people's feelings of safety and security because if it can happen in oklahoma city, it can happen anywhere. if it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone. >> we became a more cautious society, barriers went up around federal buildings. you have more security. the seeds of homeland security were actually planted by timothy mcveigh. >> there were other changes, as well. the attack led to significant engineering impr...

United states recently, and to our surprise, we learned that a timothy mcveigh has been arrested in noble county which is about 75 miles north of oklahoma city and was arrested the morning of the bombing. it turned out that he was still there but he was getting ready to be released on bail, but we put a hold on him until our agents could get there to interview him. was this the same timothy mcveigh that was at the dreamland motel? at this point, we don't necessarily know. our agents tried to interview timothy mcveigh. when they approached him, they ask him do you know what we're here for? he s...

Two days later, mcveigh and nichols rendezvous near junction city where they assemble the bomb in the truck. >> the ammonium nitrate and fuel would have been mixed in some barrels, something akin to a 55 gallon plastic barrel. those barrels were then likely connected with this detonating cord which led to the boosters and ultimately that detonating cord would have come together where the detonators or blasting caps were. >> but at the last minute, terry nichols, like michael fortier, bails out. >> as time grew near to the time of the bombing, nichols got cold feet. he decided he didn't want to...