My how the time does fly
Silence Recalls Oklahoma City Victims
and I can hardly believe that it was 10(!) years ago. Ten years is supposed to be kind of a long time, right? I think it was the first moment in my life, where time seemed to really slow down in this crazy kind of way and everyone just seemed to have this collective look that was like "Oh shit". It was also the first time in my life that I heard Oklahoma referred to as being in the Midwest, which really just struck me as odd.
I was in the 8th grade at the time, right in the middle of Pre-IB Government with Ms. Burkes. I remember before class that day I had a conversation with my (now longtime ex)-friend Carma about how she had an after-school appointment with her hairdresser to get her old weave taken out so she could get some new weave put in. She asked me if it would look better long or short. I don't remember how I advised her.
My school was about a mile away from the federal building (I mean it's still about a mile away from the location). So the blast was really loud. I remember feeling a jolt down my spine from the vibration and then just being really confused. It literally sounded like it came from the other end of the school. No one panicked, we just kinda sat there -- I think maybe we were waiting for the fire alarm or something to go off. It actually seems strange to me now that no one panicked. Everyone was pretty quiet.
Then after about 10-15 minutes the principal came onto the PA to explain that there was an explosion at the federal building. By then you could hear sirens and see smoke and stuff. The rest of the day was a daze. No learning got done, some people congregated in the cafeteria, library or auditorium to watch the news, or try to get in contact with parents or family that worked in the building. I still went to my classes as usual, as no one I know worked in that area. My English teacher flipped out at one point...I think we got let out of school early. It was remarkably overcast and cold for a day in Mid-April...I do remember that.
My house is about 13 miles away from where the federal building was. At the time of the blast, my mom had just gotten home from grocery shopping. She said it sounded like a gas line or something had exploded in our backyard. Later, the whole thing just seemed to drag on and on and on. I think it was the top story in the news for at least the next 2 years (except when OU or OSU was scheduled to play each other...or Texas) until whenever Timothy McVeigh was executed.
But really, the most shocking thing to me now, is that all that stuff happened like 10 years ago...freaky.
and I can hardly believe that it was 10(!) years ago. Ten years is supposed to be kind of a long time, right? I think it was the first moment in my life, where time seemed to really slow down in this crazy kind of way and everyone just seemed to have this collective look that was like "Oh shit". It was also the first time in my life that I heard Oklahoma referred to as being in the Midwest, which really just struck me as odd.
I was in the 8th grade at the time, right in the middle of Pre-IB Government with Ms. Burkes. I remember before class that day I had a conversation with my (now longtime ex)-friend Carma about how she had an after-school appointment with her hairdresser to get her old weave taken out so she could get some new weave put in. She asked me if it would look better long or short. I don't remember how I advised her.
My school was about a mile away from the federal building (I mean it's still about a mile away from the location). So the blast was really loud. I remember feeling a jolt down my spine from the vibration and then just being really confused. It literally sounded like it came from the other end of the school. No one panicked, we just kinda sat there -- I think maybe we were waiting for the fire alarm or something to go off. It actually seems strange to me now that no one panicked. Everyone was pretty quiet.
Then after about 10-15 minutes the principal came onto the PA to explain that there was an explosion at the federal building. By then you could hear sirens and see smoke and stuff. The rest of the day was a daze. No learning got done, some people congregated in the cafeteria, library or auditorium to watch the news, or try to get in contact with parents or family that worked in the building. I still went to my classes as usual, as no one I know worked in that area. My English teacher flipped out at one point...I think we got let out of school early. It was remarkably overcast and cold for a day in Mid-April...I do remember that.
My house is about 13 miles away from where the federal building was. At the time of the blast, my mom had just gotten home from grocery shopping. She said it sounded like a gas line or something had exploded in our backyard. Later, the whole thing just seemed to drag on and on and on. I think it was the top story in the news for at least the next 2 years (except when OU or OSU was scheduled to play each other...or Texas) until whenever Timothy McVeigh was executed.
But really, the most shocking thing to me now, is that all that stuff happened like 10 years ago...freaky.