{"id":1028,"date":"2011-04-19T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:01:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:01:20","slug":"remember-april-19-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1028","title":{"rendered":"Remember April 19, 1995"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5516069145\/\" title=\"IMG_4832 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4832\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5516069145_4ceeffe84c-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>16 Years ago today 168 people lost their lives in the Oklahoma City Bombing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5516656120\/\" title=\"IMG_4831 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4831\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5516656120_4f8fc10d87-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #783f04;\">Oklahoma City National Memorial<\/span><\/a> stands where the Murrah building stood. It is one of the most beautiful places I&#8217;ve ever been.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4566564141\/\" title=\"20100430_12 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20100430_12\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4566564141_df8e91dc4d-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was living in Tulsa when it occurred. I remember at first it was speculated that Islamic terrorists had perpetrated the crime. Within hours though we found out it was our our own countrymen who planned and executed the killings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4566562537\/\" title=\"20100430_10 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20100430_10\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4566562537_78f75b5a7e-225x300.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>16 Years later all is quiet and peaceful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4567199452\/\" title=\"20100430_15 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20100430_15\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4567199452_60f720a2a3-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amond the tranquility there are few raw reminders of that day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5516677344\/\" title=\"IMG_4846 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4846\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5516677344_e15f7b3c5a-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is a very emotional place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5516651802\/\" title=\"IMG_4829 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4829\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5516651802_57a61ebc29-225x300.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visitors talk softly, it is like being in a church or other sacred place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4566563331\/\" title=\"20100430_11 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20100430_11\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4566563331_bb17fa57df-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Memorials like this are very important. We don&#8217;t ever want to forget what happened, even though many of us still don&#8217;t understand how such a thing could occur.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5633926991\/\" title=\"Jesus Wept by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jesus Wept\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5633926991_029a4f0348-262x300.jpg\" width=\"438\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #783f04; font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/showyourworld.blogspot.com\/\">My World<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 Years ago today 168 people lost their lives in the Oklahoma City Bombing. The Oklahoma City National Memorial stands where the Murrah building stood. It is one of the most beautiful places I&#8217;ve ever been. I was living in Tulsa when it occurred. 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