As We Watched

America is shaken as the Oklahoma Federal Building is bombed. When Timothy McVeigh is convicted, questions surface as to why he carried out this act of terrorism.

The catastrophic Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine created the worst atomic energy accident in world history, endangering the lives of millions of people.

In this riveting hour we relive the high stakes drama of the Iran hostage crisis, from the terrifying moment when the American embassy is seized on November 4th, 1979, to the last minute negotiations that freed the hostages 444 days later.

In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones lures 1000 of his followers in The People's Temple to Jonestown, Guyana, where he commits a mass murder-suicide of 918 adults and children.