UNITED STATES : RESCUE WORKERS RE-ENTER THE BLAST SITE AFTER DELAYS CAUSED BY BAD WEATHER

Record ID: 337690

  • Title: UNITED STATES : RESCUE WORKERS RE-ENTER THE BLAST SITE AFTER DELAYS CAUSED BY BAD WEATHER
  • Date: 22nd April 1995
  • Summary: OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES (APRIL 22, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV RESCUERS IN YELLOW RAINCOATS 0.04 2. SV DAMAGED BUILDING (2 SHOTS) 0.13 3. SV VARIOUS SCENES OF RESCUERS (7 SHOTS) 0.50 4. SCU OKLAHOMA CITY ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF JOHN OONG SPEAKING ABOUT WEATHER (ENGLISH) 1.21 5. SV MORE RESCUERS AROUND THE BLAST SITE (2 SHOTS) 1.35 6. SV PREPARATIONS FOR MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE CITY'S FAIRGROUND ARENA (6 SHOTS) 2.00 7. SV BOMB DAMAGED FEDERAL BUILDING (5 SHOTS) 2.38 SEQUENCE 4 TRANSCRIPT: OONG :" AS FAR AS BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS, AS FAR AS I KNOW AND AS FAR AS THEY'VE TOLD US, REALLY NO MORE, THE COOL WEATHER MAY BE SLOWING SOME OF THE THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT BUT EVEN THEN THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS, THEY ARE WEARING MASKS THAT ARE KEEPING THOSE....THEY HAVE DE-CONS SET UP WHERE THEY ARE DECONTAMINATED AS THEY COME OUT, WHEN THEY'RE IN THOSE AREAS. SO THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT BUT THEY'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS" Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 7th May 1995 13:00
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  • Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA808K20HHNPHTVHEY081730GV8
  • Story Text: Despite high winds and driving rain, rescue workers re-entered the Oklahoma blast site after a three hour delay on Saturday (April 22) but they found no new survivors and seemed to have little hope of doing so.

    Workers were also facing a new health problem on Saturday - the danger of infection from putrifying bodies.

    Oklahoma city assistant fire chief John Oong said the bad weather did mean the rate of decay of the remaining bodies was slowed.

    Work combing through the rubble was halted at one point after police said a man had been discovered in the blast area, engaged in what they described as subversive activity. He was escorted from the area and arrested.

    At the city fairground arena preparations were being made for Sunday's memorial service to be attended by President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary.

    Eleven thousand people were expected to fill the arena with many thousands more listening outside. The auditorium was decorated with flowers and other tributes to those killed in the explosion.


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