The Oklahoma City bombing, 25 years ago, will be remembered in aa subdued ceremony amid the coronavirus outbreak.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Search-and-rescue workers came straight from the blast site, hard hats atop their heads and mud and grime on their boots.
“It was a time when it didn’t matter if you were red or blue, Republican or Democrat,” said Kari Watkins, executive director of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. “We were just Americans, and we came together and leaned on our faith as one of the first steps to get over this, and I don’t think we have ever looked back.”
In a talk with a friend the night of the bombing, the first lady expressed how helpless she felt. She wondered what, if anything, she could do. Florists donated thousands of red and yellow single-stem roses for the attendees. Brenda Edgar, wife of then-Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, sent hundreds of teddy bears – and then hundreds more at Cathy Keating’s last-minute request.
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