The Oklahoma City Bombing (Seen Through the Eyes of a Teenager)

by Andre Adams

  

My name is Andre Adams and I am a student at the Kansas City Urban Youth Center. It was a good thing to learn about the Oklahoma City bombing at the memorial. I am glad I had the opportunity to get to learn about this tragic event. When we went to Oklahoma, we went to the Oklahoma City bombing museum. I felt sad. I saw all the people that died and on a screen also saw some people that had survived. It was sad because some of them that died were as young as two years old.

  



We heard what was going on right before the explosion, and we got to hear the actual explosion. We got to see some of the things that were left over like parts of the building and pieces of the truck that held the bomb. The bomb killed 163 people. The sad thing is it killed people that were parents, kids, and the innocent. The building that was next to the bomb was turned into the museum. We got on the

  
computer and put in where we were when the bomb went off and shared how it affected you. This was cool to see it come up on the big screen. You got to read stories from kids whose parents died and parents whose children had died. That was a really sad part. When you go outside you see 163 chairs — one for every one that died on April 19, 1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

This was one of the best experiences I have ever had. It was a tear dropping but wonderful at the same time and I was blessed to learn about it.