Comments on: April 19, 1995 – What Remains

By: Brandi

Brandi — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:21:13 +0000

Twenty years later and we haven’t forgotten. I was on the north side of town in the oil center towers when the explosion happened and felt our building shake. We thought it was a natural gas explosion or county jail “incidence”. My husband was downtown at the Oklahoma Restaurant Association food show which became the home for many rescue teams from all over the country. What an amazing opportunity to serve these these men and women as many of us volunteered serving food to the search and rescue teams. We thanked them yet they in turn they were so thankful for the warm thanks Oklahomas offered them. If a news channel asked for gloves hundreds of gloves would show up within hours at the location soecified. As with so many tragedies it is always amazing how in the middle of something so horrible God shines through in the spirit of man helping his fellow neighbor.

By: Pam K.

Pam K. — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:19:46 +0000

We lived in Bethany at the time while my husband was a student at Southern Nazarene University. Our house shook that morning; I assumed it was just a sonic boom. I soon found out differently. My husband was in the Oklahoma National Guard and went to help. His unit had the task days later of sifting through the rubble for remains. It profoundly affected him and the other guard members. A few days after the bombing, there was a thunderstorm. My almost 5 year old daughter came running, wanting to know what that sound was. I assured her it was just thunder. “Oh, good,” she said, “I thought it was another bomb.” I grieved for the senseless loss of life, but also for my daughter’s loss of innocence.

By: Elaine Lorton

Elaine Lorton — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:02:00 +0000

Amen, well said.