I love to write about happy things. Things about love, life, faith and family. Although there are beautiful things all around us there is also a great deal of ugliness in our world. If at all possible I try and not focus upon it. Instead I try my best to think on the positive things that God has blessed us with.
However, today my beloved State of Oklahoma, the place I've called home for nearly twenty-five years, marks the sixteenth anniversary of one of the worst attacks ever made upon American ground. And so~ I just can't let the day pass without acknowledging it and the people who lived to tell our story of resilience and survival...
The Oklahoma City bombing was a bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. It was the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6, and injured more than 680 people. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a sixteen-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings.The bomb was estimated to have caused at least $652 million worth of damage. Extensive rescue efforts were undertaken by local, state, federal, and worldwide agencies in the wake of the bombing, and substantial donations were received from across the country. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) activated eleven of its Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces, consisting of 665 rescue workers who assisted in rescue and recovery operations.
Please make time to pray for Oklahoma and her people today. Healing is still taking place in the hearts of those who survived and there isn't one of us who will ever forget our profound loss...
Blessings today for a day lived in peace.
Love to you...
Rebecca
Source : http://rebecca-gatheryeroses.blogspot.com/2011/04/oklahoma-city-bombing-anniversary-well.html
