Dozens of homes , two schools and a nursing home suffered significant damage in the blast , which was so big that seismographs registered it as a small earthquake . 2012 : John Reed pleads guilty to conspiracy to possess a destructive device . An affidavit says he sold someone components for a pipe bomb . Reed was among the first responders at a West , Texas , mine explosion that left 15 dead . He insists the deaths are n't related to the blast ; authorities have n't connected them .
2012 : John Reed pleads guilty to conspiracy to possess a destructive device . An affidavit says he sold someone components for a pipe bomb . Reed was among the first responders at a West , Texas , mine explosion that left 15 dead . He insists the deaths are n't related to the blast ; authorities have n't connected them .