On this Day, We Remember
Dear Friends,
Fifteen years ago today, I was at work in the Attorney General’s Office when the lives of 168 people were cut tragically and violently short by the bombing of the federal building downtown. Our capitol office was located just a few miles from the federal building, and the impact was, quite literally, felt both immediately and for years to come.
Most of you probably remember where you were on April 19, 1995, too. So much was changed by that moment of our history. Families were changed, and we mourned the loss of the victims and gave thanks for the stories of hope and survival that emerged.
In the attorney general’s office, we worked to aid the survivors. We worked to change the law in both state and federal appeals, so that families would not wait in perpetuity for justice. And we helped make closed circuit television available for the countless friends, family members and survivors who attended the trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
Today, as we mark the passage of 15 years since the tragic events of that fateful day, we remember the victims and the survivors, and we are reminded that the price of hatred and extremism is too high.
My prayer is today as it was then – that God would grant mercy and peace to the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing and their families, and that the rest of us would never forget the lessons of this unspeakable tragedy.
In remembrance,
Drew
