I was a Freshman in high school sitting in our History class when word started buzzing around that something terrible happened. I didn't fully understand what everyone was talking about until our History teacher, Mr. Bacon, explained the situation to us and let us watch some of the footage on television. It was scary and I remembered praying for the people as I sat in class.
Later that week as I sat in my 10 am English class, our assistant principle came over the intercom and exicuted what was an emergency announcement which notified teachers to evacuate the building without us realizing why. Our substitute lead us outside where we waited for an hour. A bomb threat had been called in...two more would be called in that month.
That is honestly about all I remember because the OK bombing didn't directly affect me as I did not have relatives there or know of anyone personally living through it. But it still saddens and angers me.
I suppose we'll never know why Timmothy did what he did and I often wonder if he has any regrets. Such a sad day in history. Hopefully we will never have to deal with another incident like that.
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