Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Ladd-Whitney Monument It was April 19, 1995 at 9:03 that the lives of thousands were affected by one single explosion. The explosion took the lives of 168 men, women, and children. The explosion physically injured 600 individuals and emotionally injured numerous amounts of people around the world. The explosion took place at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma. A staff writer for a newspaper was quoted stating “ the bomb was color blind” ( Yumi Wilson, Chronicle staff writer, Langston University). It didn’t matter what age, race, or background the victims came from. The one attribute that all of the victims had in common was the