OKC Bombing

[happygirl]

Can everyone please take few moments to remember the victims and there familes of this tragedy.

I wish the media would remember the victims, I know it wasn't as big as the World Trade Center, but I think this people need to be remember just the same!!

 

[Mermaid02]

Can everyone please take few moments to remember the victims and there familes of this tragedy.

I wish the media would remember the victims, I know it wasn't as big as the World Trade Center, but I think this people need to be remember just the same!!

I disagree that it wasn't as big a deal as 09/11... This was homegrown terrorism... it was horrible. I will remember.

 

[DisneyChula]

I disagree that it wasn't as big a deal as 09/11... This was homegrown terrorism... it was horrible. I will remember.

I totally agree..they deserve the same respect.

 

[fortwildernessishome]

I remember this day like it was yesterday......what a tragedy.......the victims and their families are in my thoughts today.

 

[Karibeth19]

I will never forget that day as long as I live. I couldn't believe something like that could happen in my home state, to my fellow Oklahomans, my neighbors. But, as horrific and heartbreaking as the event was, it was also a shining example of how the people of this state come together and help each other in a crisis. I remember the doubt expressed by some members of the national media that we had the capability to handle such a tragedy...they soon realized they were seriously mistaken. Others recognized the strength and resiliency of the people here; Tom Brokaw said, "Oklahomans may feel more vulnerable now, a little disoriented by what's happened to them, but in their response to this madness, they have elevated us all with their essential sense of goodness, community, and compassion."

At 9:02 CDT this morning, stop and remember.

 

[happygirl]

I will never forget that day as long as I live. I couldn't believe something like that could happen in my home state, to my fellow Oklahomans, my neighbors. But, as horrific and heartbreaking as the event was, it was also a shining example of how the people of this state come together and help each other in a crisis. I remember the doubt expressed by some members of the national media that we had the capability to handle such a tragedy...they soon realized they were seriously mistaken. Others recognized the strength and resiliency of the people here; Tom Brokaw said, "Oklahomans may feel more vulnerable now, a little disoriented by what's happened to them, but in their response to this madness, they have elevated us all with their essential sense of goodness, community, and compassion."

At 9:02 CDT this morning, stop and remember.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Prayers for those lost, those who lost someone and our entire nation.

 

[Hoodie]

I remember it vividly.

It still breaks my heart. Today overall is not a good day, with lots of bloodshed. OKC, Waco, Bay of Pigs, and the start of the American Revolution. April 19th is a big day in American history.

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

I work for SSA and they have all our offices do a moment of silence. They announce it over the intercom in all of our offices all over the world. Same for 9/11.

 

[FergieTCat]

I volunteered at the WTC survivors crisis center in December 2001. I remember that Oklahoma sent us 169 teddy bears (for children's christmas presents) in memory of the victims.

How can we forget them?

 

[happygirl]

I remember it vividly.

It still breaks my heart. Today overall is not a good day, with lots of bloodshed. OKC, Waco, Bay of Pigs, and the start of the American Revolution. April 19th is a big day in American history.

I know about Waco, but I had no idea about the other stuff that was today

 

[WDWorBUST]

I still remember that day so vividly. I was getting ready to leave my apartment to go to class when it came on the news. I called my mom and had her turn on the news....it seemed so surreal. I will always remember. Prayers said for all those effected.

 

[rlduvall]

Yes - a day I will never forget either; all those precious innocent babies.

At the time our office was in a building that Timothy McVeigh had considered bombing; photographs of the building were found in his 'things'. The local Tulsa offices for the IRS, FBI and DEA were all in that same building [that since has been remedied]. He decided the body count wouldn't be enough.

I often look at the people I speak to in the morning, not even knowing their name, but working in the same building . . .

 

[LuvOrlando]

What a tragic day

 

[disneyismyname]

Today is a sad day. I will be remembering all the people lost on this day.

 

[KristaTX]

I remember that day vividly, too. I was in nursing school at the time, and I was at Baptist Hospital there in OKC. The actual explosion happened right after I arrived when I was inside an elevator on my way up to one of the upper levels of the hospital. Since I was in the elevator, I didn't hear or feel the explosion. However, once I got off the elevator everyone was looking out the windows at the huge plume of smoke in downtown. The hospital immediately started preparing for the injured victims, but that particular hospital is not the closest to the site and I don't know if anyone was actually brought there.

My husband was driving home to Edmond from downtown OKC. He said that the windows of his car sort of bowed in (didn't crack or anything) and there was a weird warpy sound in the car when the blast occurred, and then he saw the smoke.

We had an acquaintance who was an engineer with the Dept. of Transportation, and she perished in the explosion. Her name was Ronata Ann Newberry-Woodbridge . I remember what it felt like to keep hoping that she would be found alive once we heard that she had been in the building. I just kept hoping that maybe she had gone somewhere else that day.

 

[KristaTX]

In case anyone wants to see the names, here is a list of those who died:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001-06-11-mcveigh-victims.htm

 

[MomRN]

I was in high school when our history teacher told us about what happened. I specifically remember him saying that this was important, not only to the nation, but to our city and that this would effect Terre Haute.

Several years later Timothy McVeigh was executed at the Federal Prison here in Terre Haute. There were news crews everywhere and protests. Odd how he knew that.

 

[bookgirl]

The Memorial ceramony was televised here this morning. We always remember and we always honor those who lost thier lives. There is no admission to the museum today and they have the 9-11 flag here and you can go in and put some stitches in it. I think that if you ever have the chance to go through the Memorial it is well worth the trip.

 

[hereyago]

I remember it as well, I was at work. I remember at the time, that my co workers were saying how they "thought" it was terrorists-at the time we thought of only outside terrorists from Middle East, but to find out this was of our own people