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Bomb Blast at University of Oklahoma (Breaking on Fox) - suicide bomber at OU
Fox News/NewsOK.com ^ | oct. 1, 2005

Posted on 10/01/2005 7:05:29 PM PDT by blogblogginaway

Edited on 10/01/2005 7:21:56 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

From Staff Reports
NORMAN -- An explosion near the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family-Memorial Stadium killed one person Saturday, OU officials said.

The explosion happened at the courtyard near the George Lynn Cross Hall, Botany-Microbiology Building on OU's campus, which is west of the stadium, according to Sgt. Gary Robinson of the University police department.

The explosion happened during the second quarter of Oklahoma's game against Kansas State.

After the explosion, police set up a perimeter of several blocks and made fans exit the stadium to the east.


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To: penelopesire
Agreed - but in this case the TV video is too bloody to show - unlike tapes of the poor young Aruba bound blond prancing around in tights on the HS foot-ball field, etc

TV news is 90% visual and 90% hype (the old 90/90 rule)
3,201 posted on 10/02/2005 7:53:40 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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To: PhiKapMom
"I still haven't figured out why the FBI is in charge . . . "

If it involves explosives, it comes under the BATF(Explosives). Federal. Same as the Murrah Bldg, though the Murrah Bldg. was a federal building to boot, giving the feds jurisdiction.

3,202 posted on 10/02/2005 7:55:07 PM PDT by Eastbound
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To: not2worry

I never said it wasn't newsworthy. I said if it was a suicide it didn't merit 24/7 news coverage. Wait till some facts start coming out.


3,203 posted on 10/02/2005 7:56:08 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: Uncle Ike
As far as I'm concerned, after 9/11, the burden of proof belongs to the "nothing to see here" crowd.

The most intelligent comment yet posted on this thread.

Damned shame there haven't been more like it.

3,204 posted on 10/02/2005 7:58:55 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-G-d, PRO-LIFE..." -- FR founder Jim Robinson)
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To: VRWCTexan

"TV news is 90% visual and 90% hype (the old 90/90 rule)"

yep..and I guess 10% is made up of whole cloth by Mary Mapes and stapled to Dan Rather's mouth. lol


3,205 posted on 10/02/2005 7:59:25 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: DC Bound
I'm not familiar with the site.

I don't know the exact spot, because it was still taped off when we left Norman this afternoon, but here is a satellite photo of the area. Of course, you can see the stadium. I'm not sure how to describe the spot of the explosion to you on the photo, but if you look at the stadium, go to the left (west) stands, where they extend further out; follow in a straight line to the left to the first building with a very white roof (before the tree-lined mall area.); this is almost a t-shape with two different buildings, and I believe the bomb went off in the area north of that, in the shadow of that building on this photo.

It is paved (sidewalks.) Most explosions will (generally) follow the path of least resistance; in other words, they will not make a crater. Artillery shells have significant downward force from their trajectory that causes them to penetrate the ground. Even the Murrah building bomd, whose force destroyed a building, did not crater the street, so far as I know.

3,206 posted on 10/02/2005 7:59:45 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: blogblogginaway; All

KFOR just reported an explosion in downtown Norman tonight. At this moment they do not know if it is in anyway related to last night's bombing. Maybe a link is up on KFOR. I'll check.


3,207 posted on 10/02/2005 8:03:43 PM PDT by dmw
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To: PhatHead

There was a rather large crater in the street in front of the Murrah Building


3,208 posted on 10/02/2005 8:04:19 PM PDT by Cudjo
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To: PhatHead; PhiKapMom

To all in Norman, I hope tomorrow is a better day for you and you can return to somewhat normal in the next couple of days.


3,209 posted on 10/02/2005 8:04:44 PM PDT by Americanwolfsbrother (Louisiana you should be ashamed of your elected officials!)
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To: dmw

I just heard the explosion and I live about two - three miles from downtown. I didn't want to post anything because I thought I was hearing things but it rattled my window by the computer. I was there last night and heard the same type of explosion. Channel 9 showed the bomb squad taking away items from the apartment complex all day.

The head of the person's fraternity disputed David Boren that this person was depressed. No one seems to be buying into the theory of Boren that has been interviewed to date.

FBI is the lead agency and being assisted by the Norman Bomb Squad.


3,210 posted on 10/02/2005 8:07:48 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: Americanwolfsbrother

I heard another explosion just about 15 minutes ago -- was glad someone posted here that KFOR was reporting an explosion in downtown Norman because I thought I was beginning to hear things.


3,211 posted on 10/02/2005 8:09:32 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: Cudjo

Didn't know it was large- thanks. That was a rather larger explosive than this one is reported to have been. It was loud, but I would be surprised if there was a crater if he was on pavement. Even on grass I'd be a little surprised. It would take an awfully large blast to crater a hard surface.


3,212 posted on 10/02/2005 8:09:36 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: Eastbound

Exactly -- ATF -- that I would understand but this is under the umbrella of the FBI not ATF.


3,213 posted on 10/02/2005 8:11:13 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: Americanwolfsbrother; PhiKapMom

Thanks. I am back home in Texas tonight, but my son is at OU.


3,214 posted on 10/02/2005 8:11:29 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: PhiKapMom

Oh hell....


3,215 posted on 10/02/2005 8:11:51 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: PhiKapMom

LOL, PhiKapMom. The FReepers on a different thread are calling us fools and tinfoil heads for doubting Islam's (probable) role in these blasts.


3,216 posted on 10/02/2005 8:11:53 PM PDT by indcons (How about rooting for our side for a change, you liberal morons?)
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To: PhiKapMom; All

Interesting. I just found this on newsok.com

/Users/garybarrett/Desktop/o2hinrichs.jpg

http://www.newsok.com/article/1632030/?template=home/main


3,217 posted on 10/02/2005 8:12:37 PM PDT by dmw
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To: PhiKapMom

oh no..here we go again.


3,218 posted on 10/02/2005 8:13:41 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: dmw

OU says student who blew himself up had history of problems

Extensive campus search turns up no other explosive devices

09:09 PM CDT on Sunday, October 2, 2005

By ARNOLD HAMILTON

NORMAN, Okla. – A University of Oklahoma student who killed himself by detonating a bomb near the jam-packed Sooner football stadium apparently had a history of emotional problems, authorities said Sunday.

Federal and state agents identified the man as John Henry Hinrichs III, 21, an engineering major at OU.

"He clearly was a very bright student," Mr. Boren said, yet one who "had very serious personal problems that led to this tragic death."

Mr. Hinrichs' father, Joel Henry Hinrichs Jr., said he was very surprised to hear the news about his son.

"We exchanged e-mails on an irregular basis, several in the last month, and nothing seemed out the ordinary," the father told The Associated Press.

His son was a National Merit Scholar who graduated in May 2002 from Wasson High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., and began attending OU in the fall of that year with a major in mechanical engineering.

"He was a very intelligent, very private individual who somehow lost the confidence that his life would be a good one," the elder Hinrichs said. "Obviously, every parent believes their son is a good kid, and I certainly believed that about mine."

Mr. Boren said authorities told him there was no indication that anyone else was involved with Mr. Hinrichs – or that he attempted to enter the stadium, where the Sooners and Kansas State were playing Saturday night. More than 80,000 fans attended the game, and some heard and felt the explosion.

"At this point, we have no information that suggests that there is any additional threat posed by others related to this incident," said a joint statement from the FBI's Oklahoma chief, Salvador Hernandez; U.S. Attorney John Richter; and OU Police Chief Elizabeth Woolen.

Mr. Hinrichs detonated the bomb while sitting on a park bench outside Cross Hall, one of the university's science buildings, just west of the stadium.

Authorities initially feared another explosive device might be inside a backpack near the body. They deployed a robot and some mild explosives in an attempt to detonate the backpack but determined there were no explosives inside.

Early Sunday, law officers and school officials also evacuated four buildings in Mr. Hinrich's nearby university-owned housing complex, Parkview Apartments, to search for evidence, including perhaps more explosives.

The complex, about four blocks southeast of the football stadium, remained cordoned off Sunday afternoon as law officers combed the area.

The estimated 35 to 40 student residents were moved temporarily into Norman hotels, where they were expected to remain until at least today.

Mr. Boren suggested Mr. Hinrichs could have chosen the location – and the time – to ensure the most attention for his death – or because that area of campus is especially serene and picturesque.

"He has had what I would call emotional difficulties in the past," Mr. Boren said.

The area near the detonation site, just west of the football stadium, was pretty much back to normal Sunday afternoon. University officials were busy replacing shattered windows in Cross Hall.

The Associated Press


3,219 posted on 10/02/2005 8:13:49 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: pbrown

I really thought I was spooked until I saw someone say KFOR was reporting an explosion in downtown Norman. I am hoping it was the detonation of a device they found today but don't know why they would detonate downtown.


3,220 posted on 10/02/2005 8:13:52 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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