Local reporter recalls learning the identity of the Oklahoma City bomber

On April 19, 1995, I was about as far away from Western New York as you can get while remaining in the continental United States. I was sitting in a press trailer, across the street from the Los Angeles County Courthouse, in what was known among journalists at the time as Camp O.J.

It was the compound that housed the operations of the news media organizations that were covering the “Trial of the Century,” the murder case against Pro Football Hall of Famer, former Buffalo Bill and Hollywood actor O.J. Simpson.



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