Washington, D.C. Wednesday, April 19, 1995, was a tragic day for the United States and no less for the Secret Service. Timothy McVeigh, a former Army Gulf War Veteran, and his coconspirator, Terry Nichols, detonated a bomb inside a rental truck near the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Among the 168 people killed in the explosion of the building were six Secret Service employees of the Oklahoma City Field Office: Special Agent Cynthia Brown, Special Agent Donald Leonard, Special Agent Mickey Maroney, Office Manager Linda McKinney, Investigative Assistant Kathy Seidel and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alan Whicher.
Immediately following the incident, a number of Secret Service personnel traveled to the site to offer their support to the recovery process and to the affected families.
In June 1997, a jury convicted Timothy McVeigh of the bombing and sentenced him to death. A jury also found Terry Nichols guilty, and the judge sentenced him to life imprisonment for his role in the bombing. McVeigh was executed on June 11, 2001.
Source: U.S. Secret Service