Clinton says we 'owe' it to Oklahoma City bombing victims to 'do better' as a nation

Former President Bill Clinton urged Americans to do better in his remarks at an event marking the th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing He disclosed it s what we owe years later to the people who made the ultimate sacrifice The bombing on April at the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building is the deadliest homegrown attack in U S history A truck bomb that exploded in front of the federal building at a m claimed the lives of people including children Nearly others were injured in the attack OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING SURVIVOR WAS GETTING READY TO DIE AFTER BEING TRAPPED IN FEET OF RUBBLEClinton was nearing the end of his first term in office when the attack occurred At the th anniversary event he recalled the day of the tragedy Thirty years ago I thought I was going to have a very different day when I woke up Clinton described the attendees at the event on Saturday I went jogging with the winners of the Boston Marathon giving me the illusion and an illusion it was that I was somehow pretty fit And then I got back to the White House and the devastating news TIMOTHY MCVEIGH'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY RECALLS MEETING OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBERThe former president also spoke about the beauty and importance of the Oklahoma Standard a spirit of resilience and unity that emerged in response to the bombing Clinton disclosed he wished every American would get a copy of the Oklahoma Standard in the mail or on their cell phone the day after I bet you it would have a terrific impact He urged Oklahomans to take the spirit of the Oklahoma Standard and spread it across the country saying that he was grateful for the standard s existence On the morning of April former Army soldier and protection guard Timothy McVeigh parked a rented Ryder truck in front of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building before he set off the bomb CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The bombing in Oklahoma City was an attack on innocent children and defenseless citizens It was an act of cowardice and it was evil The United States will not tolerate it And I will not allow the people of this country to be intimidated by evil cowards Clinton reported on April according to a DOJ transcript McVeigh and his co-conspirators were eventually captured and convicted On Aug more than two years after the bombing McVeigh was sentenced to death He was executed on June exactly three months before America would be rocked by the attacks The Oklahoma City bombing was the worst terrorist attack on U S soil up until