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On April 19, 1995, a truck bomb exploded in downtown Oklahoma City outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

168 people were killed.

19 of them were children.

Today, 30 years later, it's still the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. To mark the anniversary, we're bringing

you voices from our archive of people who were there that day. I ran up to the federal

building, and when I got around to the north side of the building,

it was completely gone.

That's when I lost it because I couldn't see how anybody could come out of that.

I remember that day, smoke everywhere, people running, crying, screaming, yelling.

And the closer we get to the scene, the more chaos we witness.

Police was there telling us a setback, and I was like trying to find out where my mom was at.

It was just one of those days that I won't ever forget.

I think there were a lot of heroes that day, being in service to your fellow man.

That's what mom stood for.

And ultimately, that's how she died.

When I'm thinking about what I'm doing with my life,

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