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Oklahoma City National Memorial

At 9:02 am on April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, OK. The explosion killed 168 people: 19 children and 149 adults.

 

The Memorial is built on the Murrah Building site and is part of the US National Park system.

 

Looking through the east Gate of Time. The reflecting pool was once 5th Street. The Field of Empty Chairs is to the left (south) on the site of the Murrah Building.

 

The west Gate of Time is at the end of the reflecting pool. It is stamped 9:03 am the first moment of recovery.

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Taken in July 2000