memory of their little girl who died, because of these two men's anger... Or stuff that a daughter hung in memory of her father... I sat there and cried. I couldn't control it. I was angry. For those of you who don't know what happened, on April 19, 1995 Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh drove up in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The back of their U-Haul truck was full of fertilizer. A bomb. The reason these two men were about to do this terrible attack was because they were angry. So as they prepared the bomb, they raced off, dropping the key to their truck in their carelessness. Because of their anger, the bomb took 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6. It injured 680+ people. Now imagine THIS9:01 am-You're complaining about having to get up early, as you get a cup of coffee with your co-worker, after dropping off your 2 year old little girl in the daycare downstairs.
Now in those 3 minutes your life would totally change, and 680+ lives did. When i thought about it that way last night, i began to cry.
Because of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols carelessness, they got found...ONLY because of the key found outside of the building. And so those two wicked men were sentenced to prison for life. And so that's what happened on that awful day.
At the memorial center, you walk in, and there is a reflecting pool to represent where the truck parked. On one side of the water is an arch that says 9:01, and then on the OTHER side, is an arch that s
ays 9:03. So it's like 9:01, just a normal day, 9:02, this awful thing happened, 9:03, the world is completely changed
. Then they have 9 rows of chairs, for each person that died. 168 chairs. The have bigger ones for the older people that died, and smaller ones for the children. At night the place lights up. Another thing that was really sad (well all of it is sad) was they have this statue of Jesus crying and at the bottom of the statue it says, 'And Jesus Wept' then in front of the statue it has this walk, that is missing some bricks. And all of the bricks represented the people who had died. 168 bricks missing. Then surrounding Jesus are pillars. Each pillar represents a child that died. 22 pillars (three of the women who died were pregnant).
9:02 am-You're walking back to your office when suddenly the building you and your daughter are in explodes...taking your little girl's life, but sparing yours.
9:03-You're laying in the ashes, in complete pain, the only thing on your mind is your little girl. Is she ok? Is she injured? Is she alive?
Now in those 3 minutes your life would totally change, and 680+ lives did. When i thought about it that way last night, i began to cry.
Because of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols carelessness, they got found...ONLY because of the key found outside of the building. And so those two wicked men were sentenced to prison for life. And so that's what happened on that awful day.
At the memorial center, you walk in, and there is a reflecting pool to represent where the truck parked. On one side of the water is an arch that says 9:01, and then on the OTHER side, is an arch that s
ays 9:03. So it's like 9:01, just a normal day, 9:02, this awful thing happened, 9:03, the world is completely changed
. Then they have 9 rows of chairs, for each person that died. 168 chairs. The have bigger ones for the older people that died, and smaller ones for the children. At night the place lights up. Another thing that was really sad (well all of it is sad) was they have this statue of Jesus crying and at the bottom of the statue it says, 'And Jesus Wept' then in front of the statue it has this walk, that is missing some bricks. And all of the bricks represented the people who had died. 168 bricks missing. Then surrounding Jesus are pillars. Each pillar represents a child that died. 22 pillars (three of the women who died were pregnant).
The wall missing bricks, representing people who have died.
That is so sad, I probably would have cried too.
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