Lance said he heard a lot of people say “There is no way in hell I am going to work tomorrow. What if my office building is the next to be blown up?” These fears of more attacks touched the very hearts of American citizens. It is the lives that are lost and helpless children that were killed by these people that can lead to a quick breakdown of society. Domestic terrorism claims thousands of lives every year. Around the world. In the case of the Oklahoma City bombing, 168 lives were extinguished, and more than 680 people were injured. Perhaps one of the issues that made this attack the most devastating to people was that 19 of the lives that were lost that day were those of …show more content…
They are the paramedics, fireman, and the investigators that are subjected to respond to these senseless acts of violence. This is the biggest part of the terrorism that is most personal to me. During the Oklahoma City Bombing, my step-dad was gone for 4 days digging through rubble. Lance called each day to tell us how awful the damage was. Windows from the blast were broken up to 16 blocks away. While the rescuers were searching for the survivors and the victims, he was with the team that would find the evidence that would soon point the finger at Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. These two cowards drove a large moving truck/van that was loaded with about 4,800 pounds of fertilizer and oil, where it exploded. Police detectives were out there twenty-four hours a day for several days, picking through the rubble of broken mortar, family pictures, and children’s toys, as well as dead bodies. They were out there all day, every day, until May 9th. That was the day that the final victims were found