Edmond victims of the OKC Bombing - Mitch Park - Edmond, OK - Disaster Memorials on Waymarking.com

This memorial is located over a creek and lookout plaza at Mitch Park. There is a wooden circular platform on which the monument is placed. The glass over the plaque is very scratched and weather worn, but is easier to read in person. There is a long horizontal bar over the monument, and two vertical supports on the sides.
The overlook faces a creek and the woodsy areas of the park.


Text on memorial:
The quiet boom that rattled windows in Edmond on April 19, 1995, could have been thunder. Distant booms are common here on the prairie in the spring.
Within minutes, though, the world knew that the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City had been bombed. Within seconds, 168 Oklahomans died.
Eighteen Edmond residents were among the dead.
Two of them had protected presidents. Killed in the blast were a former city council candidate, a mother of four and a pavement engineer. There were a Marine Corps sergeant, two financial analysts and an avid youth sports coach.
In the rubble was a man who moved to Oklahoma the December before the bombing, and another had been here only two weeks. Killed was a mother that sang in the church choir, a father of two and a man a few months short of retirement. One data review technician loved to make crafts, while another man worked to obtain equal housing opportunities for minorities.
They all died doing their jobs.
With the blast, others began a long month of doing their own jobs. Edmond firefighters and police joined the national effort that first aimed to save survivors and later sought to remove those who died.
In Edmond, the community rallied around the 18 families that had lost husbands, wives, parents, sons and daughters. What could have been Edmond's darkest hour became one of unity and hope.
After more than a month of searching, the Murrah Building was demolished by implosion, and the final bodies were recovered.
As time passes, the wounds are healing and the memories of that terrible day are fading. This memorial is here to ensure those who died are remembered.
By Brad Lyons, Edmond Evening Sun staff writer who covered the tragedy and its aftermath.

Disaster Date: 04/19/1995 Memorial Sponsors: City of Edmond Parking Coordinates: N 35° 41.135 W 097° 30.330 Disaster Type: Sociological Relevant Website: [Web Link] Date of dedication: Not listed

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