After the search and rescue mission was completed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, my wife and I visited the site (along with hundreds of others). The bombed building loomed in front of us, the now- famous fence erected around it. The experience was surreal. We were there, walking on the ground where, weeks earlier, rescuers, victims, and survivors were frantically dealing with an incredible situation. We were standing on the same soil crossed by a hateful terrorist, on his way to a getaway car after detonating a 4,000- pound bomb. |
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