Road Trip-Day One-Murrah Building Memorial

So the Pigster (aka Piglet my car) and I roadtriping it up to Nauvoo right now, we got on the road about 4 after working most of the day and have stopped over in Oklahoma City. I decided while I'm here I should go to the Murrah Building Memorial downtown and o my goodness that place is incredible. I will admit to almost tearing up a few times. Here's a few pictures:

The Gates of Time:

9:01 the moment of innocence before the attack

9:03 the moment of horror and hope after the attack

 For the Rescuers

An outpouring of love - new things are still tied here everyday 

From around the world tiles came they made a few into a wall

The Survivors

 "Deeply rooted faith sustains us"

The statue is across the street at the St Joseph's Cathedral aptly named "And Jesus Wept"

The Field of Empty Chairs

9 rows for each of the 9 floors

168 chairs for each person taken

149 large for the adults

19 small for the children

But for those who lost someone April 19th 1995 there is only one chair that matters.

I overheard one of the park rangers telling about one of the small chairs: a little girl's whose father worked in the building as an army recruiter and had brought his family to work that fateful day. He survived, his wife survived, his older daughter survived, his younger daughter somehow did not. Stories like that just break my heart and I'm sure if I stopped to listen I could have heard 168 more heartbreaking stories.