On July 2, 2001, we went out to Oklhoma City to visit the memorial. We were there in Oklahoma, visiting my family who live in Tulsa and we took a 2 day trip down to OKC to go to Frontier City and to visit the memorial.
The whole memorial takes about 2-3 hours to tour. There is a museum where they have the personal effects of those who were killed that was taken from the building. There are brief cases, childrens shoes, coffee cup remains, eye glasses, and the list goes on. There is an area where they play the feelings and thoughts of the rescue workers, survivors, and the family members of those killed on video tape.
There is still a fence outside of the memorial where you can leave something. I saw many cards from people who attended the same high school that I did in Tulsa. There were cards from people from all over the world. These pieces of fence are taken down and new ones put up periodically. They are stored in the museum archives.
When you enter the memorial, you enter through 1 of 2 gates. There is a time at the top of each. One says 9:01 and the other says 9:03. The reflecting pool between the two represents 9:02, which is the time that the bomb went off. The walkways are made from the granite that the Alfred P. Murrah building was made of.
The chairs represent each person who was killed. They are arranged in rows according to where they were in or around the building when the blast occured. When we visited, they were mowing in this area and they cut the grass directly around the chairs with scissors.
The following are the names and ages of all those killed by this act of terrorism::
IF you wish to view the victims pictures, you may go to this site and view them in alphabetical order.
I have tried to understand why something like this happened here. I am sure that all of the victims families have done this also. We hear about this happening so much in other countries, such as Ireland, and Israel. I guess that no one country is safe from events such as these. I have many more photos and will upload them soon. Please check back often to see updates, not only to this page, but to my others as well. Thank you.
The tree pictured above is known as the "Survivor Tree". It survived the blast of the bomb. It stood outside the front of the Murrah building. The circular promontory surrounding the tree offers a place for gathering and viewing the memorial.
Anyone who has visited this memorial cannot say that it did not touch them in a very strong manner. This was about the most heart-wrenching memorial I have ever been to. To walk there and to see the devestation that happened in the museum, it is unreal.
Lucio Aleman Jr.
33 years old
Oklahoma CityTeresa Antionette Alexander
33 years old
Oklahoma CityTed L. Allen
48 years old
NormanRichard A. Allen
46 years old
Oklahoma City
Miss Baylee Almon
1 year old
Oklahoma CityDiane E. (Hollingsworth) Althouse
45 years old
EdmondRebecca Needham Anderson
years oldPamela Cleveland Argo
36 years old
Oklahoma City
Saundra G. "Sandy" Avery
34 years old
Midwest CityPeter R. Avillanoza
56 years old
Oklahoma CityCalvin Battle
62 years old
Oklahoma CityPeola Battle
56 years old
Oklahoma City
Danielle Nicole Bell
15 months old
Oklahoma CityOleta C. Biddy
54 years old
TuttleShelly D. Bland
25 years old
TuttleAndrea Yvette Blanton
years old
Olen Burl Bloomer
61 years old
MooreSergeant First Class Lola Bolden
40 years old
Oklahoma CityJames E. Boles
50 years old
Oklahoma CityMark Allen Bolte
28 years old
Oklahoma City
Cassandra Kay Booker
25 years old
Oklahoma CityCarol Louise Bowers
53 years old
YukonPeachlyn Bradley
3 years old
Oklahoma CityWoodrow Clifford "Woody"
Brady
41 years old
Oklahoma City
Cindy L. Brown
26 years old
Oklahoma CityDana LeAnne Brown-Cooper
24 years old
MoorePaul Gregory Beatty Broxterman
42 years old
EdmondGabriel Bruce
3 months old
Oklahoma City
Kimberly Ruth Burgess
29 years old
Oklahoma CityDavid Neil Burkett
47 years old
Oklahoma CityDonald Earl Burns Sr.
63 years old
Oklahoma CityKaren Gist Carr
32 years old
Midwest City
Michael Carrillo
44 years old
Oklahoma CityZackary Taylor Chavez
3 years old
Oklahoma CityRobert N. Chipman
51 years old
EdmondKimberly Kay Clark
39 years old
Oklahoma City
Dr. Margaret L. "Peggy"
Clark
42 years old
ChickashaAnthony Christopher Cooper II
2 years old
MooreAntonio Ansara Cooper Jr.
6 months old
Midwest CityHarley Richard Cottingham
46 years old
Oklahoma City
Kim R. Cousins
33 years old
Midwest CityAaron M. Coverdale
5 1/2 years old
Oklahoma CityElijah S. Coverdale
2 1/2 years old
Oklahoma CityJaci Rae Coyne
14 months old
Moore
Katherine Loise Cregan
60 years old
Oklahoma CityRichard "Dick" Cummins
55 years old
MustangSteven Douglas Curry
44 years old
NormanBrenda Faye Daniels
42 years old
Oklahoma City
Segeant Benjamin LaRanzo Davis, USMC
29 years old
EdmondDiana Lynne Day
38 years old
Oklahoma CityPeter L. DeMaster
44 years old
Oklahoma CityCastine Brooks Hearn Deveroux
49 years old
Oklahoma City
Tylor Santoi Eaves
8 months old
Midwest CityAshley Megan Eckles
4 years old
GuthrieSusan Jane Ferrel
37 years old
Oklahoma CityCarrol June "Chip" Fields
48 years old
Guthrie
Kathy A. Finley
44 years old
YukonJudy J. (Froh) Fisher
45 years old
Oklahoma CityLinda Louise Florence
43 years old
Oklahoma CityDon Fritzler
64 years old
Oklahoma City
Mary Ann Fritzler
57 years old
Oklahoma CityTevin D'Aundrae Garrett
16 months old
Midwest CityLaura Jane Garrison
61 years old
Oklahoma CityJamie (Fialkowski) Genzer
32 years old
Wellston
Sheila R. Gigger-Driver
28 years old
Oklahoma CityMargaret Betterton Goodson
54 years old
Oklahoma CityKevin "Lee" Gottshall II
6 months old
NormanEthel L. Griffin
55 years old
Edmond
Colleen Guiles
59 years old
Oklahoma CityCapt. Randolph A. Guzman, USMC
28 years old
Oklahoma CityCheryl E. Hammon
44 years old
Oklahoma CityRonald Vernon Harding Sr.
55 years old
Oklahoma City
Tom L. Hawthorne
52 years old
ChoctawDoris "Adele" Higginbottom
44 years old
Oklahoma CityAnita Christine Hightower
27 years old
Oklahoma CityThompson "Gene" Hodges Jr.
54 years old
Norman
Peggy Louise Holland
37 years old
Oklahoma CityLinda Coleen Housley
55 years old
Oklahoma CityDr. George Michael Howard, DVM
45 years old
Vallejo, CAWanda Lee Howell
34 years old
Spencer
Robbin Ann Huff
37 years old
BethanyDr. Charles E. Hurlburt
73 years old
Oklahoma CityJean Nutting Hurlburt
67 years old
Oklahoma CityPaul D. Ice
42 years old
Midwest City
Christi Yolanda Jenkins
32 years old
EdmondNorma Jean Johnson
62 years old
Oklahoma CityRaymond "Lee" Johnson
59 years old
Oklahoma CityLarry James Jones
46 years old
Yukon
Alvin J. Justes
54 years old
Oklahoma CityBlake Ryan Kennedy
18 months old
AmberCarole Sue Khalil
50 years old
Oklahoma CityValerie Jo Koelsch
33 years old
Oklahoma City
Ann Kreymborg
57 years old
Oklahoma CityRona Linn Kuehner-Chafey
35 years old
Oklahoma CityTeresa Lea Taylor Lauderdale
41 years old
ShawneeMary Leasure-Rentie
39 years old
Bethany
Kathy Cagle Leinen
47 years old
Oklahoma CityCarrie Ann Lenz
26 years old
ChoctawDonald Ray Leonard
50 years old
EdmondLaKesha Richardson Levy
21 years old
Midwest City
Dominique Ravae (Johnson) London
2 years old
Oklahoma CityRheta Bender Long
60 years old
Oklahoma CityMichael L. Loudenslager
48 years old
HarrahAurelia Donna Luster
43 years old
Guthrie
Robert Lee Luster Jr.
45 years old
GuthrieMickey B. Maroney
50 years old
Oklahoma CityJames K. Martin
34 years old
Oklahoma CityRev. Gilbert X. Martinez
35 years old
Oklahoma City
James A. McCarthy II
53 years old
EdmondKenneth Glenn McCullough
36 years old
EdmondBetsy J. "Beebe" McGonnell
47 years old
NormanLinda G. McKinney
47 years old
Oklahoma City
Cartney J. McRaven
19 years old
Midwest CityClaude Arthur Medearis, S.S.A.
41 years old
NormanClaudette (Duke) Meek
43 years old
Oklahoma CityFrankie Ann Merrell
23 years old
Oklahoma City
Derwin W. Miller
27 years old
Oklahoma CityEula Leigh Mitchell
64 years old
Oklahoma CityJohn C. Moss III
50 years old
Oklahoma CityRonota Ann Newberry-Woodbridge
31 years old
Edmond
Patricia Ann Nix
47 years old
EdmondJerry Lee Parker
45 years old
NormanJill Diane Randolph
27 years old
Oklahoma CityMichelle A. Reeder
33 years old
Bethany
Terry Smith Rees
41 years old
Midwest CityAntonio "Tony" C. Reyes
55 years old
EdmondKathryn Elizabeth Ridley
24 years old
Oklahoma CityTrudy Jean Rigney
31 years old
Midwest City
Claudine Ritter
48 years old
Oklahoma CityChristy Rosas
22 years old
MooreSonja Lynn Sanders
27 years old
MooreLanny Lee David Scroggins
46 years old
Yukon
Kathy Lynn Seidl
39 years old
BethelLeora Lee Sells
57 years old
Oklahoma CityKaran Howell Shepherd
27 years old
MooreChase Dalton Smith
3 years old
Oklahoma City
Colton Wade Smith
2 years old
Oklahoma CityVictoria "Vickey" L. Sohn
36 years old
MooreJohn Thomas Stewart
51 years old
Oklahoma CityDolores "Dee" Stratton
51 years old
Moore
Emilio Tapia
50 years old
Oklahoma CityVictoria Jeanette Texter
37 years old
Oklahoma CityCharlotte Andrea Lewis Thomas
43 years old
Oklahoma CityMichael George Thompson
47 years old
Yukon
Virginia M. Thompson
56 years old
El RenoKayla Marie Titsworth
3 1/2 years old
Fort SillRick L. Tomlin
46 years old
PiedmontLaRue A. Treanor
55 years old
Guthrie
Luther H. Treanor
61 years old
GuthrieLarry L. Turner
42 years old
Oklahoma CityJules A. Valdez
51 years old
EdmondJohn Karl Van Ess III
67 years old
Chickasha
Johnny Allen Wade
42 years old
EdmondDavid Jack Walker
54 years old
EdmondRobert N. Walker Jr.
52 years old
Oklahoma CityWanda Lee Watkins
49 years old
Oklahoma City
Michael D. Weaver
45 years old
EdmondJulie Marie Welch
23 years old
Oklahoma CityRobert G. Westberry
57 years old
Oklahoma CityAlan G. Whicher
40 years old
Edmond
Jo Ann Whittenberg
35 years old
Oklahoma CityFrances "Fran" Ann
Williams
48 years old
Oklahoma CityScott D. Williams
24 years old
TuttleW. Stephe Williams
42 years old
Cashion
Clarence Eugene Wilson
49 years old
Oklahoma CitySharon Louise Wood-Chesnut
47 years old
Oklahoma CityTresia Jo "Mathes" Worton
28 years old
Oklahoma CityJohn A. Youngblood
52 years old
Yukon
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