Oklahoma City Memorial

Yesterday we went downtown Oklahoma City, and went to the Memorial. It was a real somber and humbling experience! Very amazing how they honored those whose lives were lost. It was a neat Memorial!
9:01 was the time right before the blast, and then the reflection pool is to represent 9:02 when the blast happened and time stood still. Then on the other side it has the same doorway that says 9:03 which represents time right after the blast!

This tree is called the survivor tree, it is really old, there are pictures of it dated back to the 1920's! This tree was in the courtyard of the buildings that were destroyed, this tree survived and still stands today, wow amazing! It is a beautiful tree
Had to get a pic by the tree!

By the reflection pool
The empty chairs! 168 of them, and 19 of them were small children! One chair had a woman's name along with her unborn son's name, she was pregnant when she was killed! Very sad! At night the base of the chairs light up, and during the day they almost look like they are floating. Each chair represents the lives lost!


This is a view of the moment after doorway, 9:03! Where this pool is, is where a street used to run through!

Very touching..................

Sorry I accidentally downloaded two of the same pics, and I was lazy and didn't want to start ALL over again!
They had these chalk board pieces on the ground so people could write messages to all those who aided in the rescue!




This about broke my heart. People put memorabilia up for their love ones, or people that come to see the memorial will put things on the gate! They have a marathon every year and a lot of people put there race tag on the fence, I really would like to run this race next year, its for a great cause!