I'm Rebecca LaVoy, and this is You Can't Make This Up.

You Can't Make This Up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix documentary, Oklahoma City

bombing, American Terror. Tammy, you can see thick black smoke billowing from the federal

court building downtown. We can see glass blown out of other downtown office buildings

about five blocks away.

Today we're talking to director Greg Tillman. On April 19, 1995, an explosion rock downtown

Oklahoma City tearing open the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Through a sea of twisted

metal, concrete, and glass, heroes of all stripes worked tirelessly to rescue

the trapped, care for the wounded, and recover the lost. Meanwhile, outside of town, a highway

patrolman on a routine traffic stop had no idea he had just pulled over the nation's most

infamous domestic terrorist. The Netflix documentary, Oklahoma City bombing American Terror, goes beyond the chaos of that

fateful day, spotlighting the community's resilience and the search for answers.

It explores the heroic efforts of first responders and ordinary citizens who risked their

lives to save others, while also examining the investigation

that brought Timothy McVeigh and his accomplices to justice.

These people in Oklahoma that lost loved ones, I'm sorry, but you know what?

You're not the first mother to lose a kid.

You're not the first grandparent to lose a granddaughter or a grandson.

I'll say, shut the fuck up.

You know, you're nobody's special.

Get over it.

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