Forever Changed: Remembering Oklahoma City, April 19, 1995Marsha Kight Royalties from Forever Changed will aid those survivors and family members who have contributed to this book.Much has been written about the Oklahoma City bombing and how 168 people were killed. But news accounts often fail to put a face on the victims or to show the significance of their lives and contributions to their families and communities. Little is known about the lives of the many who survived the blast and the families of those who didn''t. The tomorrows of so many ordinary people have been irreparably altered by a single act of domestic terrorism.Three years in the making, Forever Changed is the exclusive volume that brings together survivors and family members of victims. This powerful work tells the special stories of those who died, the pain endured by their families, and the ongoing struggles of the survivors a circle of grieving and hope that reaches far beyond the heartland. These unique first person accounts lucidly illustrate the goodness that was lost on April 19, 1995, the legacies that remain, and the courage of all those who were affected by the bombing.Internationally recognized victim''s rights advocate Marsha Kight and her assistant, Lori Doggett, collected these stories and photographs from the many families in their home city and kept them in storage until the juries were chosen for the perpetrators'' trials. Kight also contributes the story of her daughter, Frankie Merrell, 23, who was killed in the blast. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 11 |
Caye Allen A Story of Extremes | 25 |
Arlene Blanchard My Time to Speak | 40 |
Joyce Bolte All About Mark | 48 |
Brett Brooks The War Zone | 61 |
Richard Clough The Power of Prayer | 81 |
Teresa TomlinCorall My Only BrotherGone | 97 |
Elcena Cummings My Smiling Child | 113 |
Perla B Howard My Long Search for Answers | 187 |
Miranda Ice Sparkling Blue Eyes | 191 |
Marsha Kight A Legacy of Love | 205 |
Eric Littlejohn Angels and Ghosts | 219 |
Vickie Mathes In Memory of Our Loving Daughter | 233 |
Moser We Who Remain Will Carry the Hope | 247 |
Jamie Pratt Babies in a War Zone | 265 |
Jana Redd The Rose | 279 |
B H Espe Descending the Ladder | 121 |
Rhonda Griffin I Dont Want to Die Like This | 137 |
Vicki Hamm This Could Not Be Happening | 153 |
Janet S Helton God Will Carry Me Through | 171 |
Mary Schonberger It All Started with a Kiss | 293 |
Judy Walker I Just Called to Say Hello | 311 |
Tillie Westberry The Story of the Death | 325 |
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