I can easily remember this day 25 years ago. It was a Wednesday, and I was in college. My Monday - Wednesday - Friday classes didn't start until later in the day, so I got to sleep in most of the time on those days. I knew this day was going to be a nice weather day, so I was confused when I was awoken by the sound of thunder. I remember looking out the window, they were open through all the house. I still lived at home with my parents at this time. When I looked out the window the sky was clear and sun was shining. I was thinking, I must have imagined it. Just as I rolled over a massive gust of wind hit and slammed most of the open doors in the house shut! I got up pretty quick to look out the other side of the house, because pop up thunderstorms are pretty common here in Oklahoma. Even on days not predicted. I only saw clear sky out that way too. I decided to turn on the TV and see if there was any news. Regular morning programming was running. After about 2 minutes of watching, local news broke in. "There are reports of a bomb going off in downtown Oklahoma City. People all over the metro are reporting hearing the BOOM. We'll bring you more as this develops." I remember thinking, is that what I heard and the gust the shockwave? Surely not, we live like 17 miles away "as the crow flies". I watched a few more minutes of TV, to see if they cut back in. They did and with this...
Then moments later....
I headed outside to look for my mom to tell her. My dad had just gotten home from work that morning. (He was a truck driver) I mentioned, did you hear the boom, that was a bomb in the city that blew up a building. Later my dad realized the Ryder truck passed him, speeding and reckless, going down the interstate that morning heading home. I remember going downtown a couple times to see with my own eyes. It was hard to believe.
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April 19th 2020, 12:27 pm
