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April 30, 2009
Oklahoma City National Memorial
The second full day of our storm chasing trip was fairly uneventful weather-wise as well, so that morning we all hopped in the chase van and headed into the city to visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial, which was absolutely beautiful:
There are two gates facing each other, the 9:01 gate and the 9:03 gate. The bomb went off at 9:02am so the first represents an innocent city and the second represents a city forever changed:
Each of these chairs represents one person, and the small chairs are for the nineteen children who were killed that day:
A hawk at the memorial:
A Mourning Dove on one of the chairs:
We walked through the museum inside, which was really amazing. No pictures were allowed, but if you're in Oklahoma City anytime soon, I recommend visiting, it was definitely worth the money.
Back outside, spray-painted on one of the walls:
This tree survived the bombing and is now known as the Survivor Tree:
Again, the memorial was so beautiful and I hope everyone gets to see it some day.
More pictures of the rest of our day will be next!
-Lauren
Posted by lauren at April 30, 2009 02:18 PM
Comments
I didn't know about the memorial. What a beautiful tribute to those who were lost.
Posted by: M at April 30, 2009 04:57 PM
I want to see some tornados!! Why you holding out on me!!!!
Posted by: jocelyn at May 1, 2009 03:26 PM
SINCE THE TORNADOS WERE HIDING IT IS NICE YOU SAW OTHER STUFF G
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