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C\J m~.7-V w^A W vvm Morm ( iiMKoi Law AND POI UK s UNIVIRSin Of OKKA'S BOMB Continued from Page 1 to have r arried the explosive* An axle of the vehicle was found about two hl(K front ill.' -.i roe the source said Their dot he-, torn off, victims covered in glass and plaster emerged bloodied and crying from the building, whic h looked as if a giant bile had boon taken out of it. exposing its flcxirs like a dollhouse Cable* and other debris dan gled from the floors like tangled streamers in a scene that brought to mind the c ar bomb ings at tin- I S Ftnh.issv and Marine hnrrai ks in Beirut in 1083 "I dove under that table." said Brian Fspe, n state veterinarian who w as gi ving a slide presents lion On the fifth floor "When i came out, 1 c ould s<*e daylight if I looked north and daylight if I looked west " Mayor Hon Noric k said the blast, which left a crater 30 feet long and 8 feet iie.-ji was ■ .oised bv a c ar bomb He said the vehi cle had boon outside, in front of the building "Obviously, no amateur did this." Gov Frank Keating said "Whoever did this was an ani mal." Police Sgt Bill Martin said U it 1 if 11: 1-.I ► ; i ii-tl Win- 1 in! dren Karlier in the day, paramedic I leather f ay lor said l ? children w' n- dead it tFu* «-iii- a figure later disputed by police l)r (iarl Spengler, one of the first doctors at the scene, said the children, all at the day-care i enter, ranged in age from I to 7, and some were burned beyond roe ognition About 20 of *o children in the day care center were missing late in the day The scan h i unturned after nightfall, with about 100 Okla homa Army National Guard sol diera activated to help with rescue and sen urity operations in the downtown area The explosion, similar to the terrorist car bombing that killed six people and injured 1,000 at New York's World Trade Center in 1003, happened just after 0 a m . when most of the more than 500 federal employees were in their offices The blast could he felt 30 miles away Blac k smoke streamed tow the skyline, and glass. hrii k* and other dobrlc were spread over a wide area The north aide of the building was gone Cara were in< in ••rated on the street People frantically wan hed for loved ones, including parents whose children were in th" budding'* day-care center Christopher Wright of the Coast (iunrd. one of those help ing inside the building, said rev tuers periodically turned off their t hainuws and prying tools to listen for pleas for help, "hut we didn't hear anything — just death " ' You're helpless really, when you see people two feet away, you can't do anything, they're just smashed,'' he said. Doctors had to amputate one woman's leg to free her - "She was King underneath a beam It was obv ious that she could not he extracted alive," said I)r Andy Sullivan "The attenipt to removthe i one rete beams would have caused the rest of the building to c ollapse So at that point there was no dec ision made other than to crawl into the spac e and per form the amputation to get the patient out The building, w ho h opened in 1*177, has offices of such fed eral agenc ies ns the Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms, Social Sec urity, Veterans Adairs, the Drug Kriforcement Administration and Housing and Urban Development, and a federal employee <c redit union and military recruiting offices Hie bomb was perhaps 1.000 to 1,200 pounds, said John Magaw, ATF director. As for whether his agency suspected terrorists, ho told CNN "I think any time you have this kind of damage, this kind of explosion, you have to look there first " Bob Ricks, agent in charge of the FBI in Oklahoma, said that there were hundreds of lends and that the bureau was treating them all seriously "At this point we do not speculate as to who is responsible," he said. The government received calls from six people saving they were from different Muslim sei ts, asserting they were responsible, a Justice Depart ment official said "But there is no way to know if the c alls are genuine,” said (his official, who declined !o In* identified by mime Keating mid he was told bv the FBI that authorities wan) ini ttally looking for three people of Middle Eastern dement in a brown pit kup trunk The Oklahoma Highway Patrol put out an all-points bul letin for the three, but Keating later downplayed the report, saving it was one of many leads iKhng clut ketl. Keating also said they were i her king whether the rental of a vehic le In the Dallas Fort Worth area was tied to the explosion Dallas is about 200 miles south of (Ikhthoma City. i he axploaion heightened US fears of terrorism Federal buildings in several cities were evacuated because of bomb threats, and the government ordered tightened security at federal buildings throughout the country. In 1020. i bomb blast in New York's Wall Street area killed 40 people and injured hundreds Authorities concluded it was the work of "anarchists" and came up w ith a list of suspects, hut all had fled to Russia Alter Wednesday's blast, emergency crews set up a first aid center near the federal build ing. and some of the injured sat on the sidewalks, blood on their heads or arms, awaiting aid Carole Lawton. 62, a HUD sec retary . said she was sitting at her desk on the seventh floor when all of a sudden the windows blew in. It got real dark and the ceiling just started coming down " She then heard "the roar of the whola building (rum bling 1 She managed to crawl down some stairs and was not injured The explosion occurred on the second anniversary of the fiery, fatal ending to the federal siege of the Branch Davidian < (impound in Wat o. Texas That siege liegan with n raid by ATF agents a month and a half earli er. Oklahoma City FBI spokesman Dan Vogel wouldn't speculate if there was a connec tion. I he FBI s offices are about five miles away. In the World Trade Center bombing in February 199.1, a rented van blew up in a parking garage beneath the twin towers Four Muslims were convicted EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT OF WORKING IN GBlUUiaE teamwork Is an internship opportunity with the U of O athletic department. Earn upper division credit while participating in recruiting efforts for football and general athletic fundraising events. 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