[Namron] A day of rememberence
Miranda of Namron
miranda_of_namron at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 13 17:58:17 PDT 2001
The New York Times
September 13, 2001
OKLAHOMA CITY
Watching Events Unfold and Recalling a
Painful Time of Terrorism
By ROSS MILLOY with TAMAR LEWIN
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 12 For
many survivors of the 1995 bombing
of the federal building in Oklahoma City, the
disaster scenes from Tuesday's hijackings
were an overwhelming reminder of the
terrorism that remains a scar on the city's
psyche.
"I sit here in the same chair that I sat in six
years ago and watch the same scenes," said
Florence Rogers, who was chief executive
of the Federal Employees Credit Union in
the bombed building. "I'm watching these
families who are looking for their loved
ones, and it makes me think of my kids
looking for me at the hospital, to see if I was
alive. This brings it all back, to all of us."
Others said they watched the coverage with
horrifying knowledge of what the victims
would face in the months ahead.
"It will be a long, long, long journey, filled with
grief which is extremely hard to deal with,
tremendous sadness and unbelievable anger,"
said Patti Hall, who had 40 bones broken in the
Oklahoma City bombing.
Hundreds of people, including many survivors, gathered
today near the site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Building to share their grief and pledge their
help to the victims.
Gov. Frank Keating grieved especially for Ray Downey,
one of the firefighters presumed dead in New York,
recalling his help in the aftermath of the Oklahoma
City bombing. Officials of the Oklahoma City National
Memorial Trust unveiled a full-page advertisement they
placed in The New York Times today [page B11] reading:
"You stood with us in our darkest hour.
Now we stand with you."
At noon today, hundreds of Oklahomans attended an
interfaith service at St. Joseph Old Cathedral,
near where the bombed federal building stood.
Some Oklahoma City residents found the news from New
York and Washington too distressing to watch.
"I was starting to get hives so I had to turn the TV
off and go outside," said Ginny Moser, who has vivid
memories of going to the federal building to look for
her husband, and ending up doing search and rescue
work in the children's area. "Last time, I was on the
inside looking out and I felt hopeless.
This time, I'm on the outside looking in and I feel
even more hopeless."
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