The Oklahoma Legislature will meet today in a joint session to mark the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.
President & CEO of Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum Kari Watkins; and former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating will be on hand for today's commemoration of the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that occurred on April 19, 1995. On that morning, an ex-Army soldier and security guard named Timothy McVeigh parked a rented Ryder truck packed with explosive chemicals in front of the Murrah building in downtown OKC. The bomb exploded at 9:02am, killing 168 people, including 19 children. Many more were injured. Special Agent with the OKC FBI Office Barry Black was on the scene of the attack shortly after it occurred. Black says the devastation was terrible.
Today's ceremony will remember the tragic events and the loss of life that occurred that day. The session will begin at 1:30 this afternoon in the House of Representatives Chamber at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City.
