[Carl in Tampa]

On this date in 1995 a truck bomb was detonated in front of the federal office building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including my friend Alan Whicher, who had worked for me in the Washington Field Office of the Secret Service in the past. Alan was also my partner in the car when we drove John Hinckley, Jr. to the brig at Quantico after his arraignment for shooting President Reagan.

At the time of the explosion, Alan was talking to his wife on the telephone.