A Report On the two Main events in Terrorism.

Essay by wagdogg_11Junior High, 9th gradeB, July 2002

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Terrorism

The Oklahoma City Bombing

The bombing happened on April 19, 1995. The building was hit at 9:03 a.m. The bomb was inside a rental truck and blew out half of the nine-story building. The police and fireman pulled out men, woman, and children for 2 weeks. 168 people died in the bombing and the city was devastated for a long time. The police and firemen stopped everything and packed up and went home when the smoke went done because there was nothing else they could do. Timothy Mc Veigh was pulled over about 90 minutes after the bombing for not having a license plate on his car. A couple of days after he was let out of jail he was recognized as on of the bombing suspects. Mc Veigh was charged for the bombing. Teddy Nichols, Mc Veigh ex- army buddy was also charged for the bombing. They could be charged the death penalty if they are found guilty.

Timothy Mc Veigh was sentenced the death penalty on March 31, 2001. Teddy Nichols is still whating to see if he will be sentenced to the death penalty.

The Attack on the U.S.A

The attack on the United States happened on September 11.2001. The 2 World Trade Centers where hit and the Pentagon. Airplanes crashed in too all of them. The airplanes where hijacked, and there were innocent people on the airplanes but they still crashed them into the buildings. There were people jumping out of the Trade Centers windows so they wouldn't have to suffer. The 2 Twin Tower are 110 stories tall. Both of the Trade Centers collapsed but they only took out a little part of the Pentagon. The president thinks Osadia Bin Laden did it because he doesn't like Americans so we might start...