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Remembering Oklahoma City: April 19th
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[QUOTE="DoubleTrouble, post: 904769, member: 18615"] Remembering Oklahoma City April 19th commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. I don't know if it's time passing or the event being eclipsed by 9/11 but what happened that day seems to slipping from our memory. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing. Time heals old wounds and we tend to forget the bad things that happen to us. This is good. However, after visiting the memorial one can never forget. We need to remember those souls lost in the destruction, their rescuers, and a city ripped apart. I visited the memorial by chance when I moved to Wichita. We moved from Texas and in order for our freight to catch up with us stayed over the weekend in Oklahoma City. Visiting the memorial was a truly moving experience. I was in South Africa when it happened and even our evening television (they are 8 hours ahead) was interrupted with the breaking news. It was unbelievable. Watching it on TV you develop preconceived ideas and feelings about the event and only a personal visit to the site can dissolve them. I agreed with the sentence imposed but hoped that it would never be carried out. I felt we did not need another chair added to the memorial. However, after visiting the site, seeing and hearing the stories, and feeling the pain and suffering, there was no doubt in my mind that justice was served. Sad but true. A few weeks after the event is Mothers day. 19 Children died in the blast, 30 children were orphaned, and 219 children lost at least one parent. We took my mother-in-law and she was overcome by it. She was visiting from South Africa and was really affected by the memorial. Even a stranger to this country could feel the pain. Across the road from the memorial is the church that was severely damaged in the blast. They erected a statue of Jesus with his back to the memorial, facing a black wall, with 168 missing bricks in it. All the memorial says is, "Jesus Wept". How apt. In Wichita, we are less than 2.5 hours from Oklahoma City and I urge those of you in the proximity who have not visited the memorial to make the short trip. I for one intend to be there on April 19 at 9:02 am. God bless Oklahoma City. [url]http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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