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American History

ProfessorGAC

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1. I Remember That

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 03:24 PM

Apr 20

Fire, then huge explosion.
I always questioned the published incident report, because I found it hard to believe they could find evidence of arson after an explosion equal to 9 tons of TNT. The pictures I saw showed the building where it happened barely exited anymore.

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I Remember That ProfessorGAC Apr 20 #1