Overview

• The Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, killed 168 people in the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
• A 30-year remembrance ceremony is scheduled for April 19, 2025, at the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum to honor the victims and their families.
• Survivors continue to share their personal stories, including lifelong physical and emotional scars, as a reminder of the tragedy's human cost.
• The bombing's perpetrators, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, were motivated by anti-government ideologies influenced by events like Waco and Ruby Ridge.
• Many survivors express concern that modern political rhetoric echoing extremist views could lead to future acts of violence.