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im really sad today. its the 10th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. It doesnt feel like 10 years at all...it was like yesterday.
and i was watching cnn today and when they finally stopped talking about the pope, they talked about the okc bombing. it made me cry and i had to turn off the tv. it kinda made me mad. you know, its like they make it sound so dumb, like some boring thing in a history book, and then they try to make it emotional and i just want to say shut up. you werent there. you dont know how we all felt.
APRIL 19, 1995, 9:02 am:
i was in 2nd grade. sitting in mrs bradford's class. we heard a loud bang and the room shook a little. we thought the airconditioner had blown up or something. we were supposed to go downtown that day. to the civic center...only a couple blocks fromt he murrah building (the one that blew up)...to see some symphony thing.
mr matthews, the principal, came in to our music class. like an hour before we were supposed to leave, and he said "something exploded downtown. noone is hurt but we dont know what it is so we're not taking you all to the field trip." Ms bradford told us all that it would be ok and nothing bad had happened.
soemtime later that day my dad took me out of school to go home and be with him. he was between jobs at the time and he had been at home and when it happened he thought a semi truck ran into the side of our house or something. we all watched the news nonstop for weeks. i remember yelling at my dad because i couldnt watch it anymore
my mom told me today that she will never forget when after finding out what really happened, i had tears in my eyes and said "miss bradford lied to us. this is bad"
168 people died. i remember watching Rabbi Packman and Bill Clinton talk on tv. and going downtown to put notes on the fence with all the flowers and teddybears that were allready there.
it doesnt seem like 10 years ago...wow...im gonna go cry again now
and i was watching cnn today and when they finally stopped talking about the pope, they talked about the okc bombing. it made me cry and i had to turn off the tv. it kinda made me mad. you know, its like they make it sound so dumb, like some boring thing in a history book, and then they try to make it emotional and i just want to say shut up. you werent there. you dont know how we all felt.
APRIL 19, 1995, 9:02 am:
i was in 2nd grade. sitting in mrs bradford's class. we heard a loud bang and the room shook a little. we thought the airconditioner had blown up or something. we were supposed to go downtown that day. to the civic center...only a couple blocks fromt he murrah building (the one that blew up)...to see some symphony thing.
mr matthews, the principal, came in to our music class. like an hour before we were supposed to leave, and he said "something exploded downtown. noone is hurt but we dont know what it is so we're not taking you all to the field trip." Ms bradford told us all that it would be ok and nothing bad had happened.
soemtime later that day my dad took me out of school to go home and be with him. he was between jobs at the time and he had been at home and when it happened he thought a semi truck ran into the side of our house or something. we all watched the news nonstop for weeks. i remember yelling at my dad because i couldnt watch it anymore
my mom told me today that she will never forget when after finding out what really happened, i had tears in my eyes and said "miss bradford lied to us. this is bad"
168 people died. i remember watching Rabbi Packman and Bill Clinton talk on tv. and going downtown to put notes on the fence with all the flowers and teddybears that were allready there.
it doesnt seem like 10 years ago...wow...im gonna go cry again now