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| A chair for each victim |
The Oklahoma National
Memorial Park and Museum was an emotional visit. We started at the memorial
with its chair for each of the 168 victims, each engraved with a name. The
museum tells the story in photographs, video, interactive media, and witness
stories of that fatal day in April, 1995 when a third of the Federal Building
collapsed from a home made bomb parked in a rental truck next to the building. A
normal day when people were working in various federal offices and children
were attending day school changed dramatically at 9:02 AM. Rescue workers started
pouring in within minutes often delayed by the threat of walls falling again.
Investigators started looking for clues. By chance a state trooper arrested Tim
McVeigh for a missing license plate. He was soon matched to the suspect
drawing. Eventually he and his partner were found guilty.
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| Oklahoma Federal Building after the Blast |
That night we had a violent thunderstorm at 2 AM and heard
the tornado warning sirens. A rotating system was detected about 10 miles away.
We made it safely through the night.
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