Where everybody could go in, credit union and snack bar. We were constantly inundated with people just coming in to visit or draw a little money for their lunch or apply for a loan. Everybody, everybody visited the credit union. I got there as early as i could that morning. I had my cruise pictures from vacation the week before. I was going to share all those with these gals when we met that morning. So, we didnt get started on this meeting until about 8 20 that morning. And i would turn around and look at my computer screen at the next item that we were to discu discuss, and i went back in my chair and let them chat about who is going to copy this, do this, get this ready for the Banking Department so they could hurry with their audit. I just turned around in my chair and kind of reared back and was getting ready to discuss the next item that i had mentioned when the bomb went off. And it had to be longer, but it was just like seconds. And then all the girls that was in the office wit
Normally when you do book tours you go to different cities, you talk about connections the place has with whatever youve written about. This is a special place in this context and im certainly not here to tell you your own story of what happened in this city 17 years ago because im sure you know it much better than i ever will. And one of the things that is always moved me when i come here is first of all how warmly ive been welcomed by everybody but also how profoundly the bombing touched everybody here. It is a relatively small place. Ive never met from Oklahoma City who wasnt touched in a personal way in some way by the tragedy. The first time i came i spoke to a number of the relatives of the victims, especially the children who died in the Day Care Center and i thought im a British Foreign correspondent, ive been to a lot of not terribly pleasant places around the world, this is just another assignment and then having spoken to them, i went down to the memorial and saw that fence
Commemoration, today mark, the 25th anniversary of the explosion outside the alfred p. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people including those children inside a daycare facility. The washington journal and our partners at American History tv on cspan 3 spending this next hour looking back at the events from 25 years ago. Joining us in Oklahoma City at the National Memorial and museum is the executive director Carrie Watkins on this 25th anniversary but first from Late Afternoon of april 19th, 1995, these words by president bill clinton his first comments about the bombing. The bombing in Oklahoma City was an attack on innocent children and defenseless citizens. It was an act of cowardice and it was evil. The United States will not tolerate it. And i will not allow the people of this country to be intimidated by evil cowards. I have met with our team, which we assembled to deal with this bombing. And i have determined to take the following steps to assure the strongest response t
Where everybody could go in, credit union and snack bar. We were constantly inundated with people just coming in to visit or draw a little money for their lunch or apply for a loan. Everybody, everybody visited the credit union. I got there as early as i could that morning. I had my cruise pictures from vacation the week before. I was going to share all those with these gals when we met that morning. So, we didnt get started on this meeting until about 8 20 that morning. And i would turn around and look at my computer screen at the next item that we were to discuss, and i went back in my chair and let them chat about who is going to copy this, do this, get this ready for the Banking Department so they could hurry with their audit. I just turned around in my chair and kind of reared back and was getting ready to discuss the next item that i had mentioned when the bomb went off. And it had to be longer, but it was just like seconds. And then all the girls that was in the office with me d
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