A moment in time: Nation's front pages capture historic moments of Oklahoma City bombing
Headlines across Oklahoma and the nation captured the horror and heartbreak of April 19, 1995 — the day terror struck Oklahoma City.
The front page of The Daily Oklahoman featured a haunting image: a lone firefighter navigating a parking lot filled with rubble, with the shattered remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building looming behind him.
The bold headline, "MORNING OF TERROR," captured the chaos and grief that Oklahomans faced as emergency responders and everyday citizens alike sprang into action — rescuing survivors and mourning the lives lost in the devastating bombing.
Nearly 30 years later, the site bears little resemblance to the destruction of that day. But the raw emotion and heroism of those early hours were forever etched into history through the newspapers that told the story the very next morning.
