13 years ago..

[Ripsnort]

Deadliest terrorist attack on US soil up to the 9/11 event. I'll never forget the day, I was an NC Programmer that had just been told that I was recieveing a retention during a major lay-off in the tooling division, went back to my cube for lunch, popped up CNN...

RIP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing

[68ZooM]

Deadliest attack by a home grown American thats for sure.

[Holden McGroin]

And not unrelated, at least in the mind of the terrorist, it is the anniversary of Waco / Davidians fire.

[zoozoo]

I read a whole book about this, so horrible

[angelsandair]

I read a whole book about this, so horrible

you can read?? 

[WMLute]

I was takin' a nap on the couch in my living room when the Alfred P. Murrah building was attacked.

My house was roughly 13 miles from the blast and it woke me up and rattled my windows and the paintings/pictures on the wall.

If your home was within' 12 miles you were told to check for structural damage.

I went down the following day and it was an experience I will never forget.  One of the most moving of my life actually.

If you are ever in OKC be sure to make the trip to the Oklahoma City National Memorial.

From Wikipedia

The Oklahoma City National Memorial is the largest memorial of its kind in the United States. It honors the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed by the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The memorial is located in downtown Oklahoma City on the former site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building,

The Memorial Fence was originally a chain link fence that was put up during the construction of the Memorial that visitors leave stuffed animals, poems, key chains, and other items there as tributes to the 168 fallen.  To this day people still leave small items along and in the Fence and it looks just like the picture below at all times.  The items left are periodically collected, cataloged, and stored.

[Maverick]

I've been to OK City and the memorial / museum there. It was a very intense visit particularly listening to the recording of the hearing across the street that captured the sound of the blast and seeing the names / pictures of the innocents who lost their lives. AFAIC mcveigh got off easy.

[eskimo2]

WMLute,

I would think that if you were that close you would indirectly/second-hand known a few of the ~1,000 victims? 

[Mini D]

And 13 years ago, today, they put up "no parking" signs in front of Portland's Federal building to prevent this from happening here.

[WMLute]

WMLute,

I would think that if you were that close you would indirectly/second-hand known a few of the ~1,000 victims? 

I had two friends that were in the building and survived.  I knew many that were near the blast.  I didn't personally know any that were killed but some that were injured.  (mostly rescue workers etc...)

But you are correct in your thinking.  Almost everybody in OKC knows someone who was killed/injured.  I briefly dated a gal who's father died in the blast, and a couple in my church had a child in the daycare across the street that died in the blast.

What I found most incredible is how much the community pulled together.  Did you know that Oklahoma City reported ZERO crime for @ 3 weeks  after the bombing?  That is an amazing stat if you think about it and is very telling of the type of people one will find in OKC.