CBS Evening News - 1995-04-19
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[0:20] A deadly terror attack aimed at the
[0:23] heart of America.
[0:24] Who would have thought, you know,
[0:26] Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that it would
[0:27] happen? A US government building ripped
[0:30] open by a car bomb. It's like a war zone
[0:33] down there. Hundreds of casualties. Many
[0:35] people still trapped inside. This is
[0:38] just cold-blooded murder any way you put
[0:40] it.
[0:42] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:46] Rather and Connie Chung.
[0:48] Tonight from Oklahoma City.
[0:53] Good evening. Dan is off tonight. It is
[0:55] apparently the single deadliest terror
[0:57] attack on US soil ever. Here in Oklahoma
[1:00] City today, a car bomb demolished a
[1:02] federal office building with hundreds of
[1:04] people inside. The attack came without
[1:07] warning and according to a US government
[1:09] source told CBS News that it has Middle
[1:12] East terrorism written all over it.
[1:14] President Clinton has called it an act
[1:16] of cowardice and he promises to bring
[1:18] those responsible to justice. Our Scott
[1:21] Pelley begins our coverage at ground
[1:23] zero. Scott.
[1:24] Connie, at least 20 people are confirmed
[1:27] dead at this hour, but that number will
[1:29] go much higher. It is clear from the
[1:31] Oklahoma City Fire Depart- Fire
[1:33] Department that at least 300 people are
[1:35] still missing. Firefighters are in the
[1:38] building as we speak and they have found
[1:40] many people trapped and injured and many
[1:42] others dead. It is likely to be several
[1:44] days before we know how many people were
[1:47] killed in this tragedy.
[1:50] The blast was catastrophic. Half of the
[1:52] nine-story federal building collapsed
[1:54] into the street, an estimated 900 people
[1:57] inside. It was a big for