Moving on while looking back. Never will be, I don't think. It is a place where the sun blazes hot and when the rain does come, it pours. And where Sunday is church day. We were one of the most peaceful places imaginable.
Numbers capture only a small part of the incalculable loss.
Another 30 children lost both parents, and 219 lost at least one parent. The bomb didn't just destroy the federal building. It severely damaged nearby apartment buildings, churches and businesses. About 460 people were left homeless, and 7,000 people were left without a workplace. Within four years, at least half a dozen people closely linked to the Oklahoma City bombing took their own lives, city officials say.