Bombing in Oklahoma City The bomb that ripped apart many lives in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 has left an open wound that still healing for Oklahomans. Its fall in the heave and the cool morning breeze rushes across the fence that lines 5th street where the Alfred P. Murrah once stood. Articles of clothing and notes attached to a temporary memorial fence are the only things that react to the wind, brushing against the metal wires. Six months earlier 169 lives were lost on this street and hundreds that survive the blast were left with physical and mental scars of that tragic day. Soon winter will arrive and the fr