Word: truckful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many mornings had the killers sat outside that federal building, making judgments about where and when to park their bomb, which recipe to use, how to make sure that the full force of the blast hit the building square in its belly? And when the day finally came, the truck loaded and the time set, did they wait and watch the children go in, hand in hand with their parents, before they drove away...
Nevertheless, the manhunt moved swiftly and efficiently for the team of federal and local investigators dealing in twisted truck parts, traces of ammonium nitrate in the wreckage, and forged car-rental documents. Luck played a role as well: in spite of the composite sketch resembling him that was broadcast nationally as early as Thursday afternoon, John Doe No. 1 almost got away...
McVeigh checked into the Dreamland Motel in Junction City, Kansas, on Friday, April 14, signing his own name in the register and giving the Decker, Michigan, address of James Nichols. During his stay, McVeigh rented a Ryder truck and parked it in the Dreamland lot far from his room, No. 25. He checked out on Tuesday, the day before the bombing...
...flames and despair. On April 19, 1995, Richard Wayne Snell, a member of the white supremacist group The Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord, was executed for the murder of a Jewish businessman and a black police officer. And when Timothy McVeigh rented the Ryder truck, he used a forged South Dakota driver's license on which the date of issue was listed as April 19, 1993. "He probably meant that he woke up on that day," says Cole. "I can see his perspective on that...
...blast that size also required a great deal of explosive material--4,000 lbs. by one estimate. If the terrorists bought ammonium nitrate in standard 50-lb. bags, that's 80 bags--a cumbersome load for sure, but one that would fit snugly into a midsize Ryder truck. If all the material detonated--and there is reason to believe it didn't--the explosion released more energy than the blast from a ton of dynamite...