[chris]

Charles H. Porter IV photographed Oklahoma City firefighter Chris Fields holding 1-year-old Baylee Almon after she was pulled from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. Timothy McVeigh's truck bomb had exploded at 9:02 a.m. CDT. Baylee, one of the children from the building's America's Kids day-care center, died at a nearby hospital.

Porter, then a 25-year-old bank employee and amateur photographer, captured Fields looking down at the bloodied, dust-covered child as he cradled her in his arms. Porter had the film developed at a one-hour laboratory, and the photograph was distributed on the news wire. His images of Baylee being handed to and held by Fields received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography. McVeigh was executed on June 11, 2001.

[Tiktax]

for the humility of mankind.

[JLO]

That is pitifully sad!!

[Mutilatedmind]

Tim McVeigh was the first I read about at 12 years old. This is the first picture I ever seen and will never forget.

[Uhhuh]

I was in my first hour class as a senior in high school the day of the bombing. I live in a suburb of OKC, about 12 to 15 miles away from the bombing site. When it went off, the class thought it was a garbage truck dropping the dumpster. We ran outside and saw nothing out of the ordinary. About 10 minutes later, we were told what had happened. It was so loud. I can't imagine what it sounded like up close.
As a side note, Baylee had just turned one the day before the bombing.

[Sharon]

What a tragic picture. Sums up the whole situation

[Pink.]

Fifteen years ago, on April 19, 168 people were killed when a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building


A truck bomb made with more than 5,000 lb. (about 2,300 kg) of explosive-grade ammonium nitrate fertilizer ripped off the north side of the Albert P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The blast killed 168 people, including 19 children


A rescue crew searches for bodies in the rubble. Nearly 700 people were injured in the blast that was, until Sept. 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.


Justin Flagg, 7, gets a hug from his father Lee as he sits on the trunk of an Oklahoma state police car at the bombing site. The attack was carried out by Timothy McVeigh, a former Army soldier bent on revenge against the U.S. Federal Government for the siege against the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, exactly two years earlier.


Mourners gather at a memorial service for the victims of the attack. President Bill Clinton, after declaring a national day of mourning, said to the people of Oklahoma City, "You will overcome this moment of grief and horror. You will rebuild, and we will be with you until the work is done."


An unidentified family listens to a speech during a prayer service for the families of the victims. People whose relatives were killed or went missing in the attack were given teddy bears to hug during the service.



Timothy McVeigh, above center, was arrested on weapons charges — less than 90 minutes after the attack — after being pulled over for driving without a license plate. He was later charged, convicted and sentenced to death in federal court. "I didn't define the rules of engagement in this conflict," McVeigh said in an interview. "The rules, if not written down, are defined by the aggressor. It was brutal, no holds barred. Women and kids were killed at Waco and Ruby Ridge. You put back in [the government's] faces exactly what they're giving out."


On May 23, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was demolished, and the last three missing victims' bodies were recovered. The site is now home to the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, which honors the victims.


A visitor looks at the faces of some of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum.


Matt Story and his sister Dawn Mahan mourn at the Oklahoma City National Memorial chair that represents their mother Frances Williams after witnessing the execution of convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh on a closed-circuit broadcast on June 11, 2001.

[güttsfükk]

nice addition pink, i've wanted t add a proper set of picutres to this thread at some point but i havent managed to find the time to research for it yet as i've been busy with making n building other threads

[Pink.]

I saw the look on his face right before the execution (on CCTV) and he jsut stared.

No empathy.
No remorse.
No soul.

[ßØNΞЯωΦŁf]

There is a video of his execution?