Today, April 19, 2019, is the 24th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK.
The bombing at 9:02 a.m. that morning killed 168 men, women, and children, and injured at least 680 others.
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were both eventually caught and charged with the bombing. Michael and Lori Fortier were later identified as accomplices.
The bombers were tried and convicted in 1997. Timothy McVeigh was executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001, and Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison in 2004. Michael and Lori Fortier testified against McVeigh and Nichols. Michael Fortier was sentenced to 12 years in prison for failing to warn the United States government, and Lori Fortier received immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony.
The bombing of the federal building was planned to coincide with the second anniversary of the burning of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, on April 19, 1993, and the 220th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which began the American Revolution.
Michael Fortier testified against McVeigh and Nichols in exchange for immunity from prosecution for his wife, Lori. He was sentenced to twelve years and served ten and a half years before being released on January 20, 2006. He was given a new identity and transferred to the Witness Protection Program where he resides today.
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