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Woman When I first got there
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When I first got there, I could see people trapped on different floors, and they needed...

Herself - Police Officer: When I first got there, I could see people trapped on different floors, and they needed to be rescued. And so I started my way into the building. I thought to myself "Why Oklahoma City? It's a quiet place. Nothing happens here. It's not supposed to happen here."

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Woman When I first got there
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I could see people trapped on different floors
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And they needed to be rescued
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And so I started my way into the building
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I thought to myself
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why oklahoma city
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It's a quiet place
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Nothing happens here
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It's not supposed to happen here
Duration
24 seconds
Views
804
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:29
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
American Experience Films,Ark Media

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Movie Summary

Documents the beliefs and experiences of Timothy McVeigh in the lead-up to his bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which claimed 168 lives.
And so I started my way into the building. - Oklahoma City 00:06
And so I started my way into the building.
It's not supposed to happen here." - Oklahoma City 00:10
It's not supposed to happen here."
You tell somebody, - Oklahoma City 00:12
You tell somebody,
There has been a massive explosion - Oklahoma City 00:07
There has been a massive explosion
A large portion of that building has collapsed - Oklahoma City 00:06
A large portion of that building has collapsed
At the moment, we don't have any specific numbers - Oklahoma City 00:11
At the moment, we don't have any specific numbers
Woman: I tried to put the building back in my mind, - Oklahoma City 00:07
Woman: I tried to put the building back in my mind,
If I have to dig for my son, where should I dig? - Oklahoma City 00:07
If I have to dig for my son, where should I dig?
I visualized the first floor, the second floor, - Oklahoma City 00:10
I visualized the first floor, the second floor,
As I started to climb up the debris and the rubble, - Oklahoma City 00:14
As I started to climb up the debris and the rubble,
Our babies are in there!" - Oklahoma City 00:21
Our babies are in there!"
So at that point, I think my mind was thinking, - Oklahoma City 00:06
So at that point, I think my mind was thinking,
Man: I drove down there and met claudia. - Oklahoma City 00:06
Man: I drove down there and met claudia.
We walked up to a perimeter - Oklahoma City 00:08
We walked up to a perimeter
Can I, can I go in?" - Oklahoma City 00:06
Can I, can I go in?"
Jim denny: I could see people - Oklahoma City 00:10
Jim denny: I could see people
And I'm praying that one of them is not a small child. - Oklahoma City 00:05
And I'm praying that one of them is not a small child.
I knew the d.E.A. Agents that were in the building, - Oklahoma City 00:12
I knew the d.E.A. Agents that were in the building,
I could not believe what had happened to all of them - Oklahoma City 00:06
I could not believe what had happened to all of them
How could somebody get to that state in their life - Oklahoma City 00:10
How could somebody get to that state in their life