Oklahoma City Marks Bombing Anniversary

Associated Press ^ | April 19, 2005 | KELLY KURT

[kingattax]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- With flowers, teddy bears and poignant memories, people touched by the worst act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history gathered Tuesday at the Oklahoma City National Memorial for the 10th anniversary of the deadly act.

A moment of silence was planned for each of the 168 victims of the bombing that destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995.

One bus brought 53 people, all wearing T-shirts with LaKesha Levy's photo on the front and the words "a shared experience."

Levy's aunt, Gail Batiste, said friends and family came from all over the country to remember the outgoing 21-year-old, who had gone to the building that morning to get a Social Security card.

"It's good that Oklahoma remembers," Batiste said.

Other people put flowers and teddy bears on the 168 chairs at the memorial.

Juanita Espinosa, wiped away tears as she stood in front of the chair of her cousin, Zackary Chavez, 2 1/2.

"They found his head one week, and his body another week," she said. "It's still too much to think about."

Vice President Cheney and former President Clinton were scheduled to speak. Clinton was president when Timothy McVeigh's truck bomb blew off the north side of the building at precisely 9:02 a.m.

McVeigh was convicted of federal conspiracy and murder charges and executed on June 11, 2001. Conspirator Terry Nichols is serving multiple life sentences on federal and state charges.

[kingattax]

[kingattax]

VP Cheney is delivering the keynote speech at memorial ceremony on TV NOW on FoxNews.

[kellynla]

Dana Rohrabacher is addressing Congress tonight at 10PM ET.
He wants an OKC bombing investigation/hearings.

Jayna Davis author of "The Third Terrorist"
was interviewed on the radio this a.m.

[tomakaze]

deafening silence

[Lexington Green]

Honoring the dead by continuing the cover-up. Screw you, Clinton... and screw you, Bush.

[kingattax]

http://www.jaynadavis.com/

[kingattax]

bubba is on TV now doing a nostalgic lip-biter...what a POS

[Bommer]

Don't forget the REAL anniversary that started it all. What the Government truly thinks about Christians

[MamaLucci]

Yeah, funny how BJ Clinton never visits Waco to memorialize the men,
women and children he and General Reno gassed and incinerated there.
Where was the outrage of the American people then???
Over 80 of their fellow citizens were murdered by
our government, and the public collectively yawned........
because that's what the MSM told them to do.
I'll NEVER forget it.
To this day, I can not see Bill Clinton without feeling utter revulsion,
and THIS, not Monica, is why.

Waco: A New Revelation

Waco: What Really Happened?

[WinOne4TheGipper]

I remember exactly where I was when I heard the blast. I was in my fifth grade classroom, sitting at my desk, when we heard this loud noise. At first, I thought it was a sonic boom. I think the first I learned it was a bomb is when another teacher came into the classroom and told mine.