In 1995, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols built and planted a truck bomb outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City with the goal of inciting a revolution against the federal government. Instead, the nation united behind a city reeling from loss. And a phone call from one first lady to another began a movement that would continue for decades.

Executive producer and host: Erika Grotto

Sound design and editing: Matt Grotto

Theme music courtesy of Champagne Sunday

"Teddy Bears Picnic" from Library of Congress Jukebox collection

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