How is the Oklahoma city bombing being remembered?”
An annual marathon draws thousands, where runners can sponsor one of the victims of the bombing. For the tenth anniversary of the bombing, the city held 24 days of activities, including a week-long series of events known as the “National Week of Hope” from April 17 to April 24, 2005. As in previous years, the tenth anniversary of the bombing observances began with a service at 09:02 a.m. CST, marking the moment the bomb went off, with the traditional 168 seconds of silence—one second for each person who was killed as a result of the blast. The service also included the traditional reading of the names, read by children to symbolize the future of Oklahoma City. Vice President Dick Cheney, former president Clinton, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma at the time of the bombing, and other political dignitaries attended the service and gave speeches in which they emphasized that “goodness overcame evil”. The relatives of the victims and the survivors of the bl
In the Oklahoma City bombing, American militia movement sympathizers Timothy McVeigh, assisted by Terry Nichols, used a truck bomb to destroy the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 19, 1995.[1] Claiming 168 lives and leaving over 800 people injured, it was the most significant act of domestic terrorism in American history until the September 11 attacks in 2001. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings in a sixteen-block radius,[2] destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings.[3] The bomb was estimated to have caused at least $652 million worth of damage. Each year, an observance is held to remember the victims of the bombing. An annual marathon draws thousands, where runners can sponsor one of the victims of the bombing.[185][186] For the tenth anniversary of the bombing, the city held 24 days of activities, including a week-long series of events known as the “National Week of Hope” from April 17 to April 24, 2
Fourteen years have passed since that fateful day, but for those of us here in Oklahoma, we remember as clearly as if it were only a short time ago. Today at 9:02 am, as on every anniversary, the names of those whose lives were lost, were read. All 168 were honored and remembered at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. Today, in honor of the anniversary, the museum is open and admission is free. More information on the memorial and museum is available at http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org.
