Did Oklahoma City Bombers Have Help?

http://www.foxnews.com/index.html ^ | Saturday, April 16, 2005 | Fox

[teldon30]

One month after the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing (search) that killed 168 people, authorities demolished what was left of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (search). Officials said the implosion was a necessary part of the psychological recovery for the citizens of Oklahoma City. But critics question the FBI’s tactics and argue the building came down too soon and the implosion is one piece of a government cover-up. Survivor VZ Lawton remembers the events after the attack. “I was in my office at my desk signing papers and all of a sudden the building began to shake,” said Lawton. “The lights went out, debris started falling and then something hit me on the head and knocked me out before the truck bomb ever went off.” Lawton and some others believe Timothy McVeigh (search) — who was convicted of federal conspiracy and murder charges in the bombing and executed in 2001 — and convicted conspirator Terry Nichols (search) weren't alone in plotting the attack. During the investigation the FBI circulated sketches of “John Does” and in response received thousands of conflicting tips from across the country.

[Cboldt]

Which will be revealed first if ever?
The truth about Kennedy, TWA 800, or OKC?

What? You mean the "official versions" aren't the truth?

[CaptSkip]

That would've been the seismological observatory at OU, about 30 miles south in Norman. I believe the official spin on the story was that the second wave was an echo caused by a substratum of stone.

My house and body were not underground, and there were TWO separate explosions I heard, and two separate blast waves that hit my house, traveling across the flat Oklahoma prairie. Period.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...Then why doesn't Mr. Bush let the truth be known?...

You won't get an answer to that here.

[CaptSkip]

Like I said I don't know the physics, but if the first blast was lower in intensity, the first blast wave might also move slower and fall of more quickly as distance increases.

The only "Law" I can speak to is the "Inverse Square Law".

"...the inverse square law applies to diverse phenomena. Point sources of gravitational force, electric field, light, sound or radiation obey the inverse square law. It is a subject of continuing debate with a source such as a skunk on top of a flag pole; will it's smell drop off according to the inverse square law?"

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/forces/isq.html

[coloradan]

Nope, loud sounds travel as fast as quiet ones, unless there's a shock wave, which can exceed the speed of sound. But once it's no longer a shock wave, it's just ordinary sound and travels at sound speed. True, HE bombs make shock waves, but they dissipate in tiny fractions of a second and can't be used to explain an 8 sec. delay. It takes a large nuclear weapon to support a shock wave that continues to exist 8 seconds after detonation.

[buccaneer81]

Seems pretty obvious.

[Spunky]

"Pardon me for asking, but if he was knocked out, how does he know the truck bomb went off later?"

He knows at one point there was a truck bomb because that is what he was told and then he later saw on the news. Basically he is saying there was something more that happened because he never heard a bomb but yet the building was shaking and debris was falling and it knocked him out.

[texasbluebell]

There's mention of Gen. Partin in Alamo-Girl's collection:

http://www.alamo-girl.com/0366.htm

It's in the first paragraph after the list of victims.

[Quilla]

I'd love to see more photos. That is an elegant memorial.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for linking the DSL!

[PISANO]

Still at Large!!

[daybreakcoming]

Remeber this guy? Michael Fortier? He only got twelve years with 34 months credited. He must be out by now - anyone know?

[meema]

Bump to read later

[plsvn]

I'd love to see more photos. That is an elegant memorial.

All right, here are a couple more from last Saturday.

[Quilla]

Thank you. That's a nice camera you have there.

[plsvn]

I'd love to see more photos. That is an elegant memorial.

The nearest chair in the middle of this photo is for my cousin's husband's uncle who was killed in the explosion. There is a name engraved in each chair for each person killed there.

[texasbluebell]

Once again, it proves to be a useful link, so much info that it boggles the mind. Thanks for all your hard work!

[RottiBiz]

Thanks for the ping, ovrtaxt.

I'll be watching -- hope Rita did her homework.

[Alamo-Girl]

You're quite welcome! I'm glad it was helpful to you!