I remember living in Stillwater, Oklahoma - 53 miles from Edmond, where I had a second job in the northern affluent suburb at the University of Central Oklahoma.  At 9:02, I was walking to the Student Union at Oklahoma State - worried about finishing my dissertation, getting a job and many other "worldly things."

Most of my students in Edmond were affected personally and many of my students in Stillwater as well.  One of my students in Stillwater was a policeman another an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician).  They spent many working hours trying to help and cleaning up, etc.

Oklahoma is a small community, in reality, of which I was not really a part (one really has to be born into the community).  However, we all could not help but be affected and I still remember many of the people fondly that touched my life during those times.

The Memorial is definitely worth the visit and a wonderful tribute to the children, mothers and fathers that lost their lives in the Federal Building - the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The Oklahoma City National Memorial is the largest memorial of its kind in the United States.