We will NEVER EVER forget what happened in OKC on April 19th, 1995. At 9:02 a.m. 168 innocent souls were lost without so…
We will NEVER EVER forget what happened in OKC on April 19th, 1995. At 9:02 a.m. 168 innocent souls were lost without so much as a warning.
I still remember EXACTLY what I was doing when the bomb went off. I was in 5th grade and we were all gathering our lunches, jackets and all a buzz because we were going on a field trip to the Civic Center. Suddenly everything, ALL the way out in Cashion-at least 40-45 miles away, started shaking, the GIANT glass windows bowed inwards so far, idk how they didn't shatter. It was TERRIFYING. Then the news reports came rolling in.....it seemed the Civic Center was on fire from what appeared to to "some sort of explosion" next door at the Murrah Building. I swear it all seemed to go from a GREAT day, to PANIC, parents showing up screaming thinkin we were downtown at the Civic Center already, running everywhere, the phone calls checking on people you know down there, the crying...just COMPLETE HEARTBREAK across an entire state in what seemed like seconds.
EVERYONE from within a few hundred mile radius new SOMEONE injured or killed. A truly HORRIFIC day in our states history.
We held our moment of silence this morning as we always will.
The side effects of this terrorist attack were beyond belief, SO far reaching and devasted families that have still not recovered.
#OklahomaStrong-WeRemember
JenX·
I will never forget that day. My little sister came running in from school and told me, "There was a bombing and so many people got hurt, in Oklahoma." She was in 3rd grade. I told her, "you have to be confused. Things like that don't happen in the USA."
How little I knew. :(
Linden··
Yeah, it was QUITE eye opening for my little 5th grade brain as well. 🥺
Leah·
Why have I never heard about this 😳
Linden··
@justgotaname 🤯 I know I'm from here and lived it, but I can't imagine never having heard of it. 🤷♀️
Mrs.stkrdknmibalz··
@leonardsquared, I was born in 94. I never heard of this either.
Leah··
@leonardsquared lol nope. I was born in 1996. That name sounds familiar but I don't recall the bombing. I even did well in history in school, I just don't think we were taught about it and if we did it was very briefly to where I don't remember. 😅
The EK 💋·
I remember this pretty vividly, too. I was in 4th grade and remember overhearing teachers talking about it. Then it was all over the need for weeks. It still haunts me when I think about it. Sounds like such a scary day for you being so close!
Linden··
Yes ma'am, it will FOREVER be etched into my memory. I have NEVER seen glass do something like it did on our classroom windows that day. 😳 Had I not seen it with my own little eyes, I'd NEVER believe it either. I STILL can't believe we felt the blast as strongly as we did, from damn near 50 milea away. It is absolutely unfathomable to have been within the blast radius.
scream.queen·
I've never heard of this until now.
Linden··
You should Google. It's a very important part if our nations history that I think all should be aware of. Before Tim McVeigh, these kinds of things didn't happen on American soil, it was a "foreign" problem. This was his dumbass way of avenging those lost at the Waco stand-off. 🙄 Then the dumbass gets pulled over just HOURS later for havin no plates on his car. 🤦♀️
scream.queen··
@leonardsquared, I had to google the name and everything. I wasn't even three when this happened. 😭
Linden··
I don't know that it was even added to the history book til fsirly recently. Like 10ish years ago, I THINK, I remember hearin something about it. It MAY just be taught here in OKlahoma schools, not nationally. I personally think it should be though. @leahh
RayOfMySunShine·
I remember this. Mostly because my dads best friends last name is Mcveigh. I remember asking him if that was his brother who did the bombing. (It wasn’t) I was only in the 3rd grade but I remember how sad it made me.
Hugs girl. That had to be one of the most frightening experiences ever.
Linden··
Thanks Mama! 😘 The memory is SO vivid, like I can smell the plasticy scent of my windbreaker jacket as I pulled it on, feel the crunchiness of my over hairsprayed hair hitting me in the cheek when I whipped my head to do a double take at the window, the pure FEAR that literally FROZE me dead in my tracks and my heart POUNDING in my ears. SO SO fresh, like it happened yesterday. It's DEF something that scarred and stuck with me all these years.
XryztalRoze·
Very sad day indeed and many small children dead in the onsite daycare. I was on a school field trip that day at our local news station and witnessed first hand the chaos that ensued when the video and breaking news reported.
Linden··
It was AWFUL. The babies, God the babies. 🥺 That just POURED salt in an open wound for our state.
That was the traitorous terrorists plan! He INTENTIONALLY parked the Ryder truck in front of the daycare center and set the timer for 2 minutes after all the parents should have been clocked in and their babies dropped off.
They should've just turned him loose out in the boondocks and let the good ol boys take care of his ass, SLOW and EXCRUCIATING. The needle was TOO good for his ass. 💯
XryztalRoze··
@leonardsquared It was beyond words or human capacity to understand the level of loss. Absolutely heart wrenching.
Heather·
I remember it. We saw the smoke and the debris in the air all the way up north where I am. Very tragic. I posted about it last year I believe.
We had a close call like yours sorta. It was the may 3, 1998 tornado in okc/Edmond/Moore. We were loading on the bus to go to the okc zoo and we got a phone call that there was severe weather to wait. So we went back inside and turned on the radio and they started very quickly talking about a tornado touching down. Parents started flooding the school with calls and some showing up.
Linden··
May 3 is an almost as fatal day for our state though. SO much was lost.