Man Who Arrested Oklahoma City Bomber to Be Honored With Highway Named After Him

Saturday, will be the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and a new sign will be going up in Oklahoma to honor the man who arrested the terrorist.

At 9:02AM on April 19th, 1995 the worst act of homegrown terrorism in American history took place. A truck was placed near the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It was rigged to blow at 9:02 filled with agricultural fertilizer, diesel fuel, and other chemicals. 168 people died on that day and hundreds more were injured when the bomb went off. The building had a daycare inside of it and 19 children were killed in the blast.

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