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Out of the Morgue
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This diagram, produced by the AP wire service, helped describe the both the primary and secondary damage caused by the car bomb that destroyed the Alfred P Murrah federal building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. - photo by Tribune file image
Each week we’ll take a step back into the history of Great Bend through the eyes of reporters past. We’ll reacquaint you with what went into creating the Great Bend of today, and do our best to update you on what “the rest of the story” turned out to be.Twenty years ago this week, networks and newspapers carried coverage of the aftermath of what has come to be known as the Oklahoma City bombing. It was a time before cell-phone cameras, and very few individuals even carried cell phones at the time.