From Tragedy to Hope: Sharing a Father's Legacy in the Wake of the Oklahoma City Bombing - SMERCONISH
Posted on AllSides April 19th, 2023
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The last day I spent with my dad was 28 years ago. It was Easter Sunday, which for our family, meant spending time together, eating (a lot!), playing games outside, and telling family stories. There was always a lot of laughter, and that evening, as I returned to college, I had no idea I would never see my dad again. Three days later, he died when a young man, a fellow American, detonated a truck bomb outside my dad’s office building, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. That young man...