
Oklahoma City firefighter Chris Fields holds a baby who was inside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building when it was hit by a truck bomb on April 19, 1995. The 1-year-old, Angel Baylee Almon, later died in the hospital. She was one of the 168 people killed in the terrorist attack. More than 500 people were injured.

A man's face is covered with blood in the aftermath of the deadly bombing.

The Federal Building following the blast.

The building wreckage on April 21, two days after the bombing.

Rescue workers dig through the rubble as they look for survivors on April 29, 10 days after the bombing. Work was halted because of falling debris that was a danger to the rescuers.

Timothy McVeigh is led from a courthouse in Perry, Oklahoma, after being charged in connection with the bombing. Two years later, he was convicted on 11 counts of murder, conspiracy and using a weapon of mass destruction. He was executed by lethal injection in 2001. His co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, was sentenced to life in prison. Both McVeigh and Nichols were former U.S. Army soldiers associated with the extreme right-wing Patriot Movement. The Patriot Movement rejects the legitimacy of the federal government and law enforcement.

Mary Ligons visits her daughter, 15-year-old Brandy, at an Oklahoma City hospital two days after the bombing. Brandy was the last survivor pulled from the destroyed building.

President Bill Clinton, seen in the front row with the first lady, attends a memorial service in Oklahoma City on April 23. "We pledge to do all we can to help you heal the injured, to rebuild this city, and to bring to justice those who did this evil," he said.

A prayer service is held in Oklahoma City in April 1995.

Rescue workers use a saw to cut through debris as the hunt for survivors continues 10 days after the blast.

A boy visits the fence that surrounds the remains of the Federal Building in May 1997. It was later razed, and a park and memorial was built on the site.

Nichols is escorted out a courthouse in McAlester, Oklahoma, in 2004. He was sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.

Ten years after the attack, a candlelight vigil is held at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.


