>> THANK YOU FOR BEING IN OUR REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY. I WANT TO THANK THE SPECIAL AGENTS FOR THEIR POWERFUL BAGPIPE PROCESSION. THERE IS NO FINER WAY TO START A CEREMONY THAN THIS. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I AM VERY PROUD AND PLEASED TO BE HERE. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF FIRST CHURCH, WHO HAVE BEEN IN OUR HEARTS FOR 21 YEARS. THANK YOU TO THEM FOR OPENING THEIR DOORS TO US THIS MORNING. THIS SANCTUARY WAS BUILT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED APRIL 19, 1995. THIS CHURCH WAS
DETERMINED TO REBUILD RATHER THAN SUCCUMB TO THE FORCES OF EVIL. YOU ARE SITTING IN A SPECIAL PLACE. SEVERAL SPECIAL GUESTS ARE WITH US HERE TODAY. IN FACT, YOU ARE ALL VERY SPECIAL GUESTS. SPECIFICALLY, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN CARL AND. HE OVERSEES THE NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT HELPS COORDINATE DOMESTIC TERRORIST PROSECUTIONS AND COCHAIRS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MASTIC TERRORISM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ALSO WITH US, UNDERSECRETARY SUZANNE SPAULDING. NATIO
NAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTOR AT THE DEPARTMENT -- AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. SHE OVERSEES POLICY FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CYBER SECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION, BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT, CYBER AND INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS, AND THE FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE. A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY. BOTH THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE UNDERSECRETARY ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE SECOND ANNUAL NATIONAL SUMMIT ON SECURITY IN THE LAW SCHOOL HERE TODAY. I APPRECIA
TE THEM BEING WITH US. IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE OUR FEDERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH US. >> WE MAY WORK TO END ALL VIOLENCE IN OUR LIVES AND OUR WORLD. THAT ALL TERRORISM IN ALL FORMS, BE THEY HOMEGROWN OR INTERNATIONAL, MAY BE LAID TO REST. THAT MANKIND MAY TRULY WORK FOR PEACE AND HARMONY AMONGST ALL PEOPLES. MOTIVATED BY THE BLESSEDNESS OF YOUR SON, THE WORLD MAY TRULY KNOW THE PIECE HE CAME TO BRING. THAT IN DOING SO, WE MAY LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND WORK TO ESTABLISH YO
UR KINGDOM ON EARTH UNTIL THE DAY OF DAYS DAWNS AND ALWAYS MADE JUST AND RIGHT. IN THIS HOUR, ETERNAL FATHER, COME AND ABIDE WITH US, HE PRESENT TO US, AND MAKE OUR HEARTS WHICH STILL ATE WITH THE LOSS OF LIFE, STILL HAVE THE PAIN AND SORROW, THE MADE WHOLE. MAKE OUR REMEMBRANCE OF THIS DAY THE A MEANS OF HONORING THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE, ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE WHO BRAVELY SERVED, AND HELPED US HERE REMAIN TO COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THE ASSURANCES OF HOPE UNTIL WE ARE UNITED WITH OUR LOVED ONES AND
WITH YOU. THE ETERNAL GOD. WHO LIVES SUPREME AS GOD OF ALL PEACE, ABIDING IN YOUR GLORY. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF HIM WHO IS PEACE, JESUS CHRIST, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN. WE STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS BY THE HONOR GUARDS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, FOLLOWED BY THE SINGING OF OUR ACTION -- OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. ♪♪ >> OH SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT -- WHAT SO PRO
UDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING. WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS, THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT, OVER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED, WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING. ♪♪ AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN THEIR, -- IN AIR, GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE. OH, SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER Y WAVE OVER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. >> THANK YOU CARMINE, FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU FATHER AS WALLED 4 -- F
ATHER OSWALD FOR PROVIDING A BLESSING. MANY PEOPLE WHO VISIT OUR MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO SAINT JOSEPH'S OLD CATHEDRAL, WHERE FATHER OSWALD IS THE PASTOR. THEIR STATUE STANDS AS A REMEMBRANCE TO APRIL 19, 1995. SHE, SHE SPENT MANY DAYS AT THIS SITE AS OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. COMFORTING FAMILY MEMBERS, PARTICIPATING IN BRIEFINGS, AND TODAY SHE RETURNS AS OUR TOP STATE OFFICIAL. PLEASE WELCOME GOVERNOR MARY FOWLER. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU MIKE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP A
T THE OKLAHOMA CITY MEMORIAL AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO RAISE MONEY TO MAKE SURE OUR MEMORIAL IS VERY SUCCESSFUL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MEMORIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEIR GREAT WORK. KERRY WATKINS, WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST BACK IN OKLAHOMA THAT PROVIDED A STEADY HAND OF LEADERSHIP AND COURAGE AND COMPASSION AT A TIME RIGHT WHEN A HOME AND NEEDED IT, AND THAT IS GOVERNOR FRANK KEATING. WELCOME BACK. [APPLAUSE] >> 21 YEARS AGO, A MOMENT THAT WILL FOREVER CHAN
GE OKLAHOMA, WE WILL NEVER FORGET, WHAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 19, 1995. AS MIKE SAID JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, JUST 30 MINUTES AGO WE JUST FINISHED OUR ANNUAL NEXT ROW -- ANNUAL METRO PRAYER BREAKFAST. 21 YEARS AGO, THAT SAME MORNING, WE HAD THE METRO PRAYER BREAKFAST AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WITH OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO WERE DOWN THERE THAT MORNING. I REMEMBER IT SO WELL. BUT A MOMENT WHERE WE WERE GOING ABOUT OUR REGULAR ACTIVITIES, HAVING OUR ANNUAL PRAYER BREAKFAST, READING SCRIPTURE, TALKING A
BOUT FAITH , AND TO HEAR AN INCREDIBLE MESSAGE FROM A SPEAKER THAT DAY. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE LEFT THAT EVENT THAT MORNING, WE WOULD HAVE TO LEAN ON OUR FAITH AS MUCH AS WE HAD TO. AND TO WITNESS SUCH A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY. I CAN STILL REMEMBER HEADING BACK TO THE CAPITAL AFTER THE PRAYER BREAKFAST AND GETTING BACK, AND 30 MINUTES LATER, HEARING SHOCKING NEWS AT 9:02 WHAT HAD HAPPENED AT THE SITE. TODAY, WE ARE BACK AND WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN, 21 YEARS LA
TER, THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE, OF THEIR LOVED ONES. THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED SEVERELY AND THERE WERE CERTAINLY SO MANY WHEN -- SO MANY MEN AND WOMEN WHO FACED EVIL WITH COURAGE AND STEPPED UP TO HELP THAT DAY. OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THOSE WHO GAVE SO GENEROUSLY DURING THAT MOMENT OF TIME, THAT WE WILL NEVER FORGET. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO REMEMBER THOSE, AND TO PAY FOR BEAT TO THOSE -- PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO DISPLAYED COURAGE TO HELP THOSE WHO HAD SUFFE
RED SO MUCH. I KNOW THAT 21 YEARS LATER, THE PAIN IS STILL THERE. WE KNOW THAT IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY, THAT THIS OCCURRED ON APRIL 19 THAT IT WAS 21 YEARS AGO, BUT WE WANT THOSE WHO WORKED THAT DAY ACROSS THE STREET TO KNOW THAT OKLAHOMA HAS NOT FORGOTTEN. WE WILL NEVER FORGET. WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE RESILIENCY, THE COURAGE, THE COMPASSION, THE FORGIVENESS, THE HEALING THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST 21 YEARS AND TO REMEMBER THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT WERE LOST. AND WHAT CAME OUT
OF THAT DAY, THAT MONTH, THAT YEAR AND THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, WAS WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE OKLAHOMA STANDARD. IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE VERY PROUD OF AS OKLAHOMANS. I SEE THE STANDARD EXHIBITED ANY TIME -- ANYTIME THERE IS SOME TYPE OF CHALLENGE FOR OUR STATE. WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A STORM THAT HAS COME THROUGH, OR MAYBE EVEN IN HARD ECONOMIC TIMES LIKE WE ARE FACING NOW, I SEE THAT OKLAHOMA STANDARD, THAT SPIRIT OF NOT GIVING UP AND PRESSING FORWARD AND GETTING THROUGH WHATEVER OUR CHALLENGE MIGH
T BE. IT HAS BECOME AN INCREDIBLE WITNESS TO THE REST OF THE NATION, THAT SPIRIT , THAT OKLAHOMA STANDARD THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD AND ALL ACROSS OUR NATION HAVE CERTAINLY ADMIRED AND RESPECTED IN OUR STATE AND PEOPLE. SO TODAY, WE COME TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE LOST, TO STAND BY THOSE WHO SUFFERED THE LOSS, TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED IN THOSE VERY CHALLENGING DAYS AND WEEKS AND YEARS AFTER THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING, AND ALSO REST ASSURED THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL, GOD K
NOWS YOUR NEEDS, AND THAT WE CAN TURN TO HIM WITH OUR FAITH TO KNOW THAT HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD PLAN AHEAD OF US AS WE MOVE FORWARD. TODAY IS ABOUT CONTINUING THAT MOVE FORWARD. ONE DAY AT A TIME. WE WILL ALWAYS DO THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH TODAY BY ASKING ALL OKLAHOMANS AND WHOEVER ELSE MAYBE WASHING -- WATCHING, TAKE TIME TODAY TO SAY A PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED, TO SAY A PRAYER OF THANKS AND TO ASK FOR GOD TO CONTINUE TO BLESS US WITH HIS RESILIENCY, HIS STRENGTH, HIS COURAGE,
HIS LOVE, AND HIS FAITH SO THAT OKLAHOMA WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAY GOD BLESS YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU GOVERNOR. OUR MUSEUM CONTINUES TO BE A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE TO ALL THOSE AFFECTED ACTS OF TERRORISM. IT IS OUR OKLAHOMA STANDARD THAT CONTINUES SHOWING THE WORLD HOW WE CHOSE TO CARRY ON WITH FORTITUDE RATHER THAN LIVE IN FEAR. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNOR KEATING WHEN HE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY, HAD THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, AND HIS CL
ASSMATE FROM GEORGETOWN CAME TO OKLAHOMA CITY WHICH HAPPEN TO BE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. YOU HAD A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT COMING TOGETHER. PRESIDENT CLINTON SAID OKLAHOMA CITY BROKE OUR HEARTS BUT YOU LISTED ARE SPIRITS. I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT FEELING OF ALL OF US BEING TOGETHER, AND I THINK IN OKLAHOMA CITY, WE STILL ARE. THE WHOLE NATION SHOULD OBSERVE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN OKLAHOMA CITY. THE CEREMONY REMINDS US OF THE CAREFULLY COORDINATED EFFORTS OF OUR LEAD
ERS. OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS, AND THE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT RESPONDED THAT DAY. THIS CONTINUES TODAY WITH OUR MEMORIAL SERVING AS A RESOURCE TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND THEIR FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. THE FBI DIRECTOR WAS WITH US LAST YEAR DURING OUR CEREMONY, AND ON FRIDAY OF THIS PAST WEEK, THE OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL CITY MUSEUM WAS PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD FROM JAMES COMEY FOR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO COUNTERTERRORISM THROUGH EDUCATION AND
BUILDING STRONGER AND SAFER COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. WE SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE. IT REMINDS US OUR STORY IS AS RELEVANT TODAY AS IT WAS 21 YEARS AGO. THIS PLACE IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY. THE WORK DONE AROUND THIS EVENT IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY. THE NOMINATION OF MERRICK GARLAND TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT SHOWS US THE WORK DONE HERE IS STILL OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO OUR COUNTRY EVERY SINGLE DAY. IN WASHINGTON DC, OUR TEAM FROM OUR MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM WAS INVITED TO TH
E WHITE HOUSE WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA HANDED OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CARRIE WATKINS A SPECIAL LETTER OF REMEMBRANCE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ TO YOU RIGHT NOW. ON APRIL 19, 1995, THE BUSTLE OF OKLAHOMA CITY CAME TO A HALT AND OUR NATION WAS SHAKEN TO ITS CORE. THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING CLAIMED THE -- LIVES OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, A THE PERPETRATOR OF THIS ACT INTENDED TO DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY BUT THEY WERE MET BY RESOLVE. FIRST RESPONDERS, RELIEF WORKERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, AND ORDINARY CI
TIZENS RUSHED TO THE SCENE. THEIR SELFLESS ACTS SERVE AS A REMINDER OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT TO UNITE US. BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO SOUGHT TO MAKE SURE THIS CRIME DID NOT GO UNANSWERED, THE TRADERS WERE INVESTIGATED AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE INNOCENT SOULS TAKEN FROM US, NOR WILL WE FORGET THE RESILIENCE OF SURVIVORS. REFUSING TO SUCCUMB TO FEAR, PEOPLE WENT BACK TO WORK WITHIN DAYS OF THE BOMBING AND THE YEARS THAT WOULD FOLLOW, A COMMUNITY OF FRIEN
DS AND NEIGHBORS CAME TOGETHER TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP. THE BOMBING OF THE BUILDING REMINDS US IN TIMES OF NEED, AMERICANS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS CAN JOIN IN COMMON PURPOSE TO SHAPE A MORE PEACEFUL TOMORROW. MICHELLE AND I JOIN IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO THOSE WE LOST 21 YEARS AGO. SIGNED BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> IT IS THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR PRESIDENT, AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, THAT REMINDS US WE ARE NOT ALONE. WE ARE NOT ALONE. ♪ ♪♪ >> WHEN I WALK THROUGH DEEP WA
TERS, I KNOW YOU WILL BE WITH ME. WHEN I'M STANDING IN THE FIRE, I WILL NOT BE OVERCOME. THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW , I WILL NOT BE -- I AM NOT ALONE. I AM NOT ALONE. YOU WILL GO BEFORE ME, AND YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME. I AM NOT ALONE. I AM NOT ALONE. YOU WILL GO BEFORE ME AND YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME. ♪♪ IN THE MIDST OF DEEP SORROW, I FEEL LIKE IS BREAKING THROUGH. THE DARK OF NIGHT WILL NOT OVERCOME ME. I AM PRESSING INTO YOU. LORD, YOU FIND -- YOU FIGHT MY EVERY BATTLE. I WILL NOT FEEL --
I AM NOT ALONE. I AM NOT ALONE. YOU WILL GO BEFORE ME. YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME. I AM NOT ALONE. I AM NOT ALONE. YOU WILL GO BEFORE ME , YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME. ♪ YOU WILL MAKE ME, REDEEM ME, YOU CALL ME AS YOUR OWN. YOU MAKE ME, REDEEMED ME, YOU CALL ME AS YOUR OWN. YOU ARE MY STRENGTH. YOU ARE MY DEFENDER. YOU ARE MY REFUGE IN THE STORM. ♪♪ THROUGH THESE TRIALS, YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FAITHFUL. YOU BRING HEALING TO MY SOUL. I AM NOT ALONE. I AM NOT ALONE. YOU WILL GO BEFORE ME. YOU WILL NEVER L
EAVE ME. I AM NOT ALONE. I AM NOT ALONE. YOU WILL GO BEFORE ME AND YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME. I AM NOT ALONE. I AM NOT ALONE. YOU WILL GO BEFORE ME. YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME. I AM NOT ALONE. I AM NOT ALONE. YOU WILL GO BEFORE ME AND YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME. [APPLAUSE] >> NOW COMES THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR WHOLE CEREMONY, REMEMBERING THE 168 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED. WE ASK THAT EVERYONE STAY HERE FOR EVERY NAME TO BE READ. BEFORE WE GO ACROSS THE STREET TO THE MEMORIAL. THANK YOU. >> WE COME TO
REMEMBER THOSE FROM THE OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD BUILDING. TRUDY JEAN RIGNEY. ROBERT N. CHIPMAN. WE ARE MEMBER THOSE FROM THE ATHENIAN BUILDING JOB CORPS. CATHERINE ELIZABETH RIDLEY. ANITA CHRISTINE HIGHTOWER. WE REMEMBER RESCUE WORKER REBECCA NEEDHAM ANDERSON. >> WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE KILLED IN THE ALFRED P MORROW FEDERAL BUILDING MY FLOOR. ALAN G WHICH ARE. KATHY LYNN SYDOW MY GRANDMOTHER LINDA G MCKINNEY. MICKEY B. MARONEY. DONALD RAY LEONARD. CYNTHIA L BROWN. WE REMEMBER OUR FRIE
NDS AND FAMILY WITH THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION NINTH FLOOR. KENNETH GLENN MCCULLOUGH. CARRIE AND WINS. BABY MICHAEL JAMES LIMS III. MY SISTER, CAROL JUNE " CHIP" FIELDS. SHELLEY D LAND. >> WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE KILLED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT EIGHTH FLOOR. CLARENCE EUGENE WILSON SENIOR. FRANCIS AND WILLIAMS -- FRANCIS ANN WILLIAMS. MICHAEL D WEAVER. DAVID JACK WALKER. JULES A VALVE AS. --JULES A VALDEZ. LANNY LEE DAVID SCROGGINS. ANTONIO C. REYES. DR. GEOR
GE MICHAEL HOWARD. SUSAN JANE FARREL. KIMBERLY K. CLARK. >> WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. DONALD EARL BURNS SENIOR. DAVID NEIL BURKETT. PETER R. AVILANOSA. MY FATHER, TED L. ALLEN. JOANNE WITTENBERG. JOHN CARL VA N NESS III. JOHN THOMAS STEWART. TERRY SMITH THREE'S. -- TERRY SMITH REESE. PATRICIA ANN NIX. BETSY J PHOEBE MCCONNELL. JAMES A MCCARTHY THE SECOND. >> WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM THE DEPARTME
NT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. MARY LEISURE RENT TEA. TERESA LEE TAYLOR LAUDERDALE. ANNE CREMBERG. THOMPSON EUGENE HOGGIS JR. J. COLLEEN STILES. LINDA LOUISE FLORENCE. JUDY J. CROWE FISHER. DIANA LYNN DAY. KIM R. COUSINS. ANDREA EVETTE BLANTON. DIANE E. HOLLINGSWORTH. PAUL GREGORY BEATTIE BROCKSTERMAN. >> WE REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AT THE U.S. MARINE CORPS RECRUITING SIX FLOOR. CAPTAIN RANDOLPH A DUES MEN, -- CAPTAIN RANDOLPH A GOOSEMAN, , USMC. WE REMEMBER THOSE WITH U.S. CUSTOMS FIFTH FLOOR
. MY FATHER, ARTHUR MADEROS, SENIOR SPECIAL AGENT AND PAUL B. EIG. WE REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FIFTH FLOOR. RITA BENDER LONG. CAROL SUE C LIELE. DORIS ADELE HIGGINBOTTOM. RICHARD DICK CUMMINGS. MY MOTHER, DR. MARGARET CLARKE. JAMES E. BOWLES. OW BLOOMER. WE REMEMBER THOSE WITH THE U.S. ARMY RECRUITING BATTALION, FOURTH FLOOR. WANDA LEE WATKINS. CALEB -- KAYLA MARIE KITSWORTH. DOLORES STRATTON. VICTORIA SONG. JOHN C. MOSS III. PEGGY LOUISE HOLLINGS. MY DA
UGHTER, KAREN CARR. SERGEANT FIRST CLASS LOLA BOLDEN , U.S. ARMY. >> WE REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY FOURTH FLOOR. JOHN A. YOUNGBLOOD. JOHNNY ALLEN LANE. RICK L. TOMLIN. MICHELLE A. READER. JERRY LEE PARKER. RENADA N. NEWBERRY WOODBRIDGE. JAMES MARTIN. LARRY JAMES JONES. MICHAEL CARRILLO. MARK ALAN BOLTING. LUCIO AL LAMAN. WE REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION THIRD-FLOOR. JO MATHIS WHARTON. VIRGINIA AND JOHNSON -
- VIRGINIA M. THOMPSON. KAREN HILL-SHEPARD. SONJA LYNN SANDERS. MY DAUGHTER, CHRISTIE ROSEN . GERALD DIA RANDOLPH. >> WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER OUR FAMILY WITH THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION. FRANKIE N. MERRILL. CASSIE CAGLE WYMAN. VALERIE JOE KOELSCH. ALVIN J JUSTICE. CHRISTIE YOLANDA JENKINS. ROBIN ANNE HOUGH AND AMBER DENISE HOUGH. LINDA COLLEEN HELSLEY . >> GREGORY N. DRIVER II. >> JAMIE FOLK L SKIED USER -- JAMIE GINSER. KATHY FINLEY KIMBERLY RUTH BURGESS. WOODROW CLIFFORD BRADY. AND >> W
E REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH THE DEFENSE SECURITY SERVICE THIRD-FLOOR. ROBERT G. WESTBURY. LARRY TURNER. NORMA JOHNSON PIERCE L DEMASTER. HARLEY RICHARD COTTINGHAM . WE REMEMBER OUR VISITOR ON THE SECOND FLOOR, SCOTT D. WILLIAMS. >> WE REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM THE AMERICAN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, SECOND FLOOR. COLTON WADE SMITH. CHASE DALTON SMITH. DOMINIQUE JOHNSON LONDON BLAC AKE RYAN KENNEDY. >> WANDA LEE HOWELL. KEVIN LEE II KEVIN GARRETT. >> WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER O
UR FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM AMERICAN KIDS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER SECOND FLOOR. BRENDA FAYE DANIELS. CASEY RAY COYNE. ELIJAH F. COVERDALE. ERIN M COVERDALE. AND OUR SON ANTONIO COOPER JR. >> ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER COOPER THE SECOND. DANA COOPER, ZACHARY TAYLOR. DANIELLE NICOLE BEALE. BAIL ALMOND. >> WE REMEMBER OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FIRST FLOOR. MY DAD , MICH A -- MICHAEL L LAUDENSLATER. >> WE REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FIRST-FLO
OR. >> SHARON LOUISE WOULD CHESTNUT. >> W STEPHEN WILLIAMS. >> JULIE MARIE WELCH. >> ROBERT WALKER JUNIOR. >> LUTHER H TRAINER. >>LE ROUX A. TRAYNOR. MICHAEL GEORGE THOMPSON. EMILIO TOPIA. >> WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. LEE MITCHELL. DERWIN MILLER. COURTNEY MCRAVIN. REVEREND GILBERT MARTINEZ. ROBERT LEE LESTER JUNIOR. EMILIA DONNA LESTER. AIRMAN FIRST CLASS T SHEPARD RICHERSON LEAVY. >> RAYMOND LEE JOHNSON. JEAN HEARL BERT. DR. CHARLES
E. HEARLBERT. THOMAS LYNN HAWTHORNE SR. >> WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AT THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FIRST FLOOR. OUR UNCLE RONALD VERNON HARDING SR. CHERYL E. HAMMOND. ETHEL L. GRIFFIN. MARGARET BETTERTON GOODSON. LAURA JAMES GARRISON. MARY ANN FRIZZLE HER -- FRITZ LER. >> ASHLEY MEGAN ECHOES. CATHERINE LOUISE KRIEGER. D. L. BRUCE. >> WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FIRST FLOOR. CAROL LOUISE BAUER. CASSONDRA K. BO
OKER. OLITA C. BIDDY. PIOLA BADDLE. CALVIN BATTLE. CASSANDRA G. SANDY AVERY. PAMELA CLEAVELAND ARGOT. RICHARD A. ALLEN. THERESA ALEXANDER. FOR THOSE SITTING IN THE BACK, PERHAPS YOU COULDN'T HEAR, BUT DOWN HERE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BABIES CRYING THROUGHOUT THE CEREMONY. I AM NOT GOING TO QUOTE ANY POET TEETH, BUT WALT WHITMAN ONCE SAID A BABY IS GOD'S OPINION THAT THE WORLD SHOULD GO ON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE BABIES HERE TODAY. I CAN'T HELP BUT SAY TO YOU, WE HAVE A LOT OF SURVIVORS HERE TOD
AY, BUT THE SURVIVORS, THE VOLUNTEERS, THE READERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY WERE HERE LAST NIGHT, REHEARSING, PRACTICING, GOING THROUGH ALL THIS. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO BE HERE TO DO THIS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS BUT THEY WANT TO BE HERE FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS TO REMEMBER FOREVER WHAT HAPPENED 21 YEARS AGO, SO THANK YOU. OUR WORKERS -- OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER BEFORE. WE MUST TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION BY USING
OUR NEW LEARNING LAB ACROSS THE STREET. IT INTEGRATES SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY USED IN THE BOMBING AND RECOVERY THROUGH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH. WE INTERRELATE ALL THAT WITH THE HISTORY OF THE BOMBING, CONNECTING THE PAST WITH THE FUTURE, ENCOURAGING STUDENTS, ENCOURAGING STUDENTS THAT WEREN'T EVEN BORN .1 YEARS AGO. TO UNDERSTAND THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM APRIL 19. AS YOU VISIT THE CHAIRS TODAY, YOU WILL SEE THE REEFS ON EACH OF THEM, 168 CHAIRS THAT WERE LEFT ON SATURDAY WHEN 2
000 MOTORCYCLES CAME HERE IN THE RIDE TO REMEMBER. THEY PLACED EACH WREATH ON THE CHAIRS. JUST LAST NIGHT, THOUSANDS OF FANS ATTENDING THE PLAYOFF GAME RECEIVED A RICH -- WRISTBAND WHICH ASKED THEM AND EACH OF US, TO COMMIT TO ACTS OF SERVICE, HONOR, AND KINDNESS. INDEED, THE OKLAHOMA STANDARD INDOORS FOREVER. WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT THE MUSEUM TODAY, THAT WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 5:00. ADMITTANCE IS COMPLEMENTARY THANKS TO COX COMMUNICATIONS. WE THANK NEW LEAVE FLOORS FOR PROVIDING THE FLOWERS --
FLORISTS FOR PROVIDING THE FLOWERS. WE INVITE YOU TO COME OUT THIS SUNDAY FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL OKLAHOMA CITY MEMORIAL MARATHON, ALREADY 23,000 RUNNERS SIGNED UP. COME CHEER ON OUR MARATHONERS WHO RUN TO NEVER FORGET. WHO RUN TO NEVER FORGET. THEY RUN IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO ARE KILLED, THOSE WHO SURVIVED, AND THOSE WHO WERE CHANGED FOREVER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. MAY OUR MUSEUM BE A PLACE OF HISTORY, AND MEMORIES THAT WILL ENDURE FOR EVER AND EVER AND EVER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. ♪ ♪ >>
THE CEREMONY ON SACRED SOIL STARTING OUT WITH 168 SECONDS OF SILENCE, ENDING WITH THE READING OF 168 NAMES COMMEMORATE THE BOMBING THAT OCCURRED 21 YEARS AGO IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY. >> FAMILY AND FRIENDS GOING ACROSS THE STREET TO VISIT THE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM. THEY ARE GOING TO REFLECT AND REMEMBER AS THEY VISIT THESE 168 CHAIRS. YOU SEE THE GOVERNOR LEADING WITH HER HUSBAND AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. MIKE TURNER BEEN -- MIGH K -- MIKE TURPIN THERE. >> KEEPING THE VICTIMS AND THE
SURVIVORS IN OUR THOUGHTS TODAY AS WE TALK ABOUT THE 168 PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES INCLUDING 19 CHILDREN. THE CHAIRS EMBLEMATIC OF THE YOUNGEST LIVES LOST AND ALL OF THOSE WE CONTINUE TO COUNT IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DEADLIEST TERROR ATTACK ON U.S. SOIL UNTIL 9/11. DURING THAT CEREMONY, THEY MENTIONED ASSISTANT OKLAHOMA FIRE CHIEF JOHN HANSEN, AND WE WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO IGNORE KNOWLEDGE HIM AS WELL. HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK FROM CANCER, BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO WER
E HERE 21 YEARS AGO WILL REMEMBER HIS FACE AND HIS VOICE. HE BECAME A VOICE OF COMFORT. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A 1995 FIRE TRUCK OUT THERE AS WE REMEMBER HIM AS WELL. 168 LIVES LOST TODAY, 20 ONE YEARS AGO. FRANK KEATING WAS THE GOVERNOR AND BILL CLINTON WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1800 911 CALLS WERE MADE THAT DAY AND WE DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES. >> SO EVERYONE GOING TO THEIR HOUSE TO CALL AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. PEOPLE THINK THEIR CARS INTO A MAKESHIFT AMBULANCE. >> PEOPLE
RUSHED INTO THE DANGER TO HELP FELLOW OKLAHOMANS. YOU SAW POLICE CHIEF BILL CITTY WHO WAS A SOURCE OF COMFORT FOR THE STATE AND THE NATION AS WE WERE ROCKED BY THIS TRAGEDY. NATIVE OKLAHOMANS, WE REMEMBER 1995. IT IS CRYSTALLIZED IN OUR MEMORY. WE THINK ABOUT THE FAMILIES, THE SURVIVORS, THOSE LIVES LOST, AND WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT OF A FEAT IT WAS FOR ALL OF THOSE READERS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES, THEIR FRIENDS WHO THEY LOST. >> I INTERVIEWED AUSTAN ALLEN LAST YEAR FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF T
HE BOMBING. HIS FATHER WAS TED ALLEN WHO LOST HIS LIFE. HE SAID HE CONTINUES TO LIVE HIS FATHER'S LEGACY, THAT IS THE FEELING FOR EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THIS. THEIR LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH US. >> FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH HERE.
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