addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carol robertson, and cynthia morris wesley, who were murdered during that devastating attack 55 years ago. 10:22 ember 15, 1963, at a.m., the four little girls were getting dressed in the bathroom downstairs in the church. preparing to sing in the church quire. the morning of the -- chior. the morning of the bombing, they were getting ready for the 11:00 service. when the bomb detonated on the church's east side, it caused the interior of the walls of the church to cave in and send bricks and mortar flying from across the front of the church. most of the parishioners were able to evacuate the building as it filled with smoke, but the bodies of four little girls were found beneath the rubble in the basement restroom. the bombing was a racially motivated act of terrorism, mr. speaker. orchestrated by four suspected klan. of the ku klux along with the murder of the four little girls, a dozen other people were injured, including sarah collins rudolph, the younger sister of addie. sarah had been in the basement getting ready for church. yes, getting ready f