Memorial to DOT workers who died in OKC Bombing - OKC, OK
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N 35° 35.633 W 097° 26.082
14S E 641802 N 3940032
This memorial honoring the 11 DOT workers who died in the 1995 OKC Bombing is located at the entrance to the I-35 Oklahoma City Visitor's Center
Waymark Code: WMKW8R
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2014
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April 19, 1995 was the day that a bomb exploded outside the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people. The N. OKC Visitor's Center on I-35 and 122nd Street has a memorial to these victims at the entrance to the building, among some landscaping. The memorial was placed by the colleagues, friends, and family of those 11 who perished that day.
Text on memorial:
(symbol) United States of America Department of Transportation
This marker honors the eleven Federal Highway Administration who died while performing their duties on April 19, 1995 at 9:02 A.M. A bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more.
We, the colleagues, friends and families of the fallen workers, dedicate this granite from the building in their memory.
Dedicated August 20, 1995
Lucio Aleman Jr./ Mark Bolte/ Michael Carrillo/ Larry Jones/
James Martin/ Jerry Parker/ Michelle Reeder/
Ricky Tomlin/Johnny Wade/Ronota Woodridge/ John Youngblood
The facility is open at 8:30 daily.
**Gates to the Visitor's Center close at 5 p.m.
Disaster Date: 04/19/1995
Date of dedication: 08/20/1995
Memorial Sponsors: Department of Transportation
Parking Coordinates: N 35° 36.628 W 097° 26.082
Disaster Type: Sociological
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