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you see former president bill clinton in on stage. let's take a listen. susan winchester, chair of the oklahoma city national
Baptist Health Federal Credit Union, memorial foundation. with us today are a number of special guests. president bill clinton, jay
johnson, united states secretary of homeland security, fbi director james combing, fbi director thomas braiden, u.s. state senator and congressman, governor mary fallon, mayor mick cornet, governor frank keating and first lady cathy keating.
mayor ron norrick and our survivors, family members and friends of those who were killed on april 19, 1995. also joining me on the stage are the past chairs of the memorial foundation who have champonned to build and preserve this sacred site and
museum. i thank them for their service. bob johnson, karen luke, linda lambert, frank hill, and gary peers son. also joining us today is jamie garelick, the deputy u.s. attorney general under janet reno and the members of the
prosecution and defense teams of the judges of the two federal trials an the state trial who poured their lives into the journey for justice. they will be honored tomorrow with the 2015 reflections of hope award. we gather this day to remember
our friends, our coworkers, our loved ones, like my sister dr. peggy clark who died on april 19th. in the months after the bombing, it became apparent that there was an overwhelming support for the creation of a major permanent memorial for
the murrah once stood. richard williams, a survivor from the general services administration office on the first floor is one who knew the murrah building and its workers well. his oral history, along with countless other first person
stories of hope from family members, survivors and rescue workers can be viewed inside our museum. near to his heart is his work on the committee which drapted our memorial's mission statement. it is his hope that this
memorial will speak to the pain and the healing as the mission statement so simply suggests. joined by his grandchildren, kenzie and carson williams, representing the next generation, richard williams, a survivor of april 19th, will read our mission statement.
we come here to remember those who survived, those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever. may all who leave here know the impact of violence, may this memorial offer comfort, strength, peace, hope and serenity.
please join me in 168 seconds of silence. oh god our help in ages past, our hope for years to come. our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home. please continue to join me in the spirit of prayer.
gracious heavenly father, this is a day that you have made. together we choose to rejoice and be glad in it. thank you that your mercies are new every morning, including this morning. great is your faithfulness in each of our lives.
we gather today as family and friends to remember the devastating events of april 19, 1995. the loss of our innocence as a nation, state and city. the tragic loss of our family members, friends, coworkers and neighbors on that unforgettable
day. we remember those we love and those who loved us, as well as the heroic first responders and the eternally grateful survivors. your word identifies three virtues, faith, hope and love. but the greatest of these is
love. all three were present here on april 19th as they are in abundance again here this day. thank you lord for those present today for those who stepped up to lead us in our darkest days with a brand if you if you tour.
we are thankful for those in positions of authority who faithfully lead us with respect and resolved. we are blessed people. our strength is anew and our love for one another. thank you for the men and women, young people, boys and
girls, who generally gave their time, energy and prayers to support and care for one another at our most challenging time and for a new generation of oklahomans willing to do the same. we are not so naive to believe that time heals all wounds, but
we do believe your love can heal our deepest hurt. we do know the one who holds our days. our lives are in your strong loving hands, thanks for your compassionate presence with us here again today, on this holy ground.
in jesus' name i pray. amen. please stand for the raising of colors by the oklahoma city police and fire honor guard and the singing of our national anthem by grammy winning artist michael w. smith. ♪ o say, can you see
by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag
was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪♪ [ applause ]
please be seated. thank you, richard, for your leadership on the committee that so eloquently defined our memorial mission. the segment now that begins every gathering related to our oklahoma city national memorial museum and so many other
leadership roles throughout the year. a very thank you to to michael w. smith for your beautiful performance of our national anthem. thank you also to the oklahoma city police and fire department honor guard and our
appreciation to mark, pastor at first church for our invocation. al cross the street to our east, first church was heavily damaged on april 19th. within 36 hours of the bombing, a banner was hung with the words "our god reigns and we
remain." declaring our perseverance in faith for the entire world to see. it is ironic that mayor ron norrick began his day with his annual prayer breakfast with more than 150 gathered just blocks away from our downtown
convention center. he returned to his office where a short time later he felt the blast that would froefr l. forever change our city. many turned to their own faith or the faith of others as we searched for answers and cried out for hope.
reassurance is what we clung to in the afr math of the bombing and that came immediately from the local level beginning at 9:03 when our first responders and rescue workers carefully orchestrated a response to the largest act of domestic terrorism our country had ever
experienced. we came to depend on the mayor's leadership, his daily updates and his belief that we would survive this tragedy. ladies and gentlemen, mayor ron norrick . yesterday i had the
privilege to be at the chesapeake arena and get to greet many families, rescue personnel that were there. and i want to thank all the people, the rescue personnel that were here from out of state and in state that came to pay respect to the families and
the survivors. it was very important to them and it was very important to me. i also want to thank all the law enforcement people that were here during that time. it was just, it was 20 years ago.
it just seems like yesterday and it will be something i never, ever will forget. and i know anybody here will do the same. i want also to thank all the medical personnel that were here to help the victims, to help all the people that were
here at that time. you just can't believe how heart-warming that was, the way the citizens responded to our tragedy. and also to the pastor's community. we can't forget them what they did to help.
to the families, i will never forget. i will always love you. i will always respect. and if my heart will be bleeding for you all the time. i have a 19 month-old grandson and i can not imagine the pain would be if something would
happen to him and i'm sure the pain is the same way for all of you and i appreciate very much that you've allowed us to be here today and you've allowed us to do what we do. the oklahoma standard was really coined during that time. but that's our dna.
that's the dna of oklahomans. we've always had that standard. we believe in god. we believe in family. and we believe in community and we believe in our nation. president clinton, i cannot thank you enough for what you did during that time.
i spent many hours at the white house working with his team to help bring the funds that we needed to rebuild our city, to make sure that the new federal campus, which is located right over here, would be replaced back in oklahoma city. it was important to us.
now just on a personal note, about two days after the memorial service, i got home one night about 11:00 and my phone rang. and on the other end of the phone was the white house operator and it said mr. mayor? would you have time to speak to
the president? any other time i would have probably thought that was a joke. but during that particular time, i knew it wasn't. sure enough, two or three seconds later, president clinton got on the phone, we
have a little interruption right now i think. we got on the phone and he said, mr. mayor, i just want to call and see if there's anything else i can do for you, your community, the people involved. you do not hesitate to call me
any time. that's a phone call that i will never, ever forget. his kindness to this city, he has been here multiple times to see our families and see us. and i will never, ever forget that. god bless oklahoma and god
bless the united states of america. frank keating was just weeks into his first term as our governor. when he also returned from the mayor's prayer breakfast to soon learn about the booming. in the days and months after
the bombing, governor keating could be seen wherever his help was needed. the coordinating rescue workers, collecting donations brought to the site each day. he often remarks that people went out of their way to share everything they had to make it
comfortable for the rescue workers, the firefighters, anyone who was here to help. this soon became known as the oklahoma standard. we're pleased to have him republican to oklahoma today, please welcome governor frank thank you, susan.
and thank you all for being here. this is a very hard time, but it's a very wonderful moment of celebration of life, survival, goodness, sharing and caring, which we saw as ron norick noted just a few minutes ago. the oklahoma standard.
on behalf of my wife cathy who is with me today, again, thank you for being here. and all of you, president clinton obviously secretary johnson, representatives of the law enforcement community, so many of you gave so much during that agonizing period.
the secret service as a matter of fact, an agency at one time reported to me, we lost six secret service employees in this building where i'm standing on april 19, 1995. the agony was persistent. the agony appeared never to end.
this was a place of unspeakable horror and tragedy. how some evil individual would do what he did to snuff out the lives of 168 of our neighbors and friends is unforgiveable and absolutely unimaginable. but it occurred. and after that, when that tree,
the survivor tree was stripped of every leaf, and it survived, and after that, when this parking lot where many of us are seated, were cars on fire. those fires were extinguished and the area returned to normal. oklahoma city has become a
renaissance community. the state of oklahoma has become a renaissance state. much of that is the result of the goodness, the kindness, the sharing, the caring, the oklahoma standard that was established here during those agonizing weeks.
and it persists. at the murrah center for the study of homeland security law and policy, we have a number of united states attorneys, i'm a former united states attorney myself. some 12 of them visiting, participating in the
conversations and the discussions. and as i went to oklahoma city university to make a few comments one of the u.s. attorneys had a big grin on his face. let me tell you what happened last night or the night before
last, there were five or six of them trying to find a restaurant to have dinner and obviously they were lost. and a city bus pulled up next to them, said out of service, the bus driver said "may i help you all? "and they, dressed as i am,
looked at him, didn't quite know what was going to happen and they said no, we're fine. we're going to the restaurant. he said well you're lost. pile in i'll take you there. so the city bus driver loaded up these u.s. attorneys and took them to dinner.
that is the oklahoma standard. that is the faith and fellowship that we have seen in this wonderful community since those agonizing horrible days and months following this god bless you all and thank you very much for being here. the
♪♪ [ music ] for those who lost their lives 20 years ago today, i dedicate this song. ♪ packing up the dreams god nne pla planted ♪ ♪ in the fertile soil of you ♪
♪ i can't believe the hopes he's credited ♪ ♪ means a chapter in your life is through ♪ ♪ we'll keep you close ♪ ♪ as always ♪ ♪ we even see you gone ♪ ♪ because your hearts will make it always ♪
♪ we'll keep the love that keeps us strong ♪ ♪ and friends of friends forever ♪ ♪ a friend will not say never ♪ ♪ and the welcome will not end ♪ ♪ though it's hard to let you go ♪ ♪ in the father's hands we
know ♪ ♪ that our lifetime starts too long to live as friends ♪ ♪ friends are friends forever ♪ ♪ because the welcome will not end ♪ ♪ that a lifetime starts ♪ ♪ to live as friends ♪ ♪ no a lifetime's not too long ♪
♪ thank you, michael, for your beautiful voice and promising message. in the days after the bombing, many drew inspiration from music, prayer, thoughtful messages shared by strangers. our faith community here in
oklahoma city played a vital role in the days and months following the bombing. a number of churches remain as our neighbors today. one, being st. joseph's old cathedral across the street to our west. behind the cathedral stands a
shrine in remembrance of the bombing and a statue titled "and jesus we want." here to deliver the 20th anniversary blessing is the archbishop of the archdiocese of oklahoma city, the most reverend paul coakley. let us pray.
lord, god, we life our hearts in prayer and remembrance this day. we praise you for your f faithfulness and love. we are standing on holy ground. this place has been consecrated and made forever sacred by the lives your children that suffered and died here and by
the countless acts of kindness and service of so many who came to the aid of their neighbors, co-workers, friends, and even strangers 20 years ago today. in our darkest hour you revealed your presence in countless ways as emanuel, god with us. you are with us still.
you comforted us through the generous spirit that you inspired among other neighbors and so many people who took time to care and to comfort one another. it is a spirit of caring and kindness that has come to be known as the oklahoma standard.
jesus taught us and we believe that whatever we do for the least of our brothers and sisters we do for you. lord, you are the god of mercy and compassion. we thank you for the gifts of healing, so graciously bestowed on countless individuals and
families in this community. we thank you for the many signs of recovery and rebirth in this great city that was brought to its knees by the violent events of april 19, 1995. we and your continued grace to heal those who still suffer and grieve of loss of loved ones or
other painful losses of health or innocence that day. lord, because we have experienced your faithfulness in our darkest hours, we turn to you in hope this beautiful day, help us to cherish the memory of lost loved ones, but also to cherish the lessons we have
learned about kindness and compassion and caring for one we pray that our city will continue to be a beacon of hope, of healing and reconciliation for all people. we pray that the oklahoma standard and our faith and care for one another will keep us
oklahoma strong. lord, we pray especially that violence and hatred will never rule our hearts but will always be overcome by mercy and forgiveness and compassion. we ask this through jesus christ, our lord, amen. thank you, archbishop
coakley. for many of us the bombing changed the course of life like did for our current mayor looking to make a difference. he will tell you that after the bombing, it's almost as if we grabbed hands and pulled each other up and dared the world to
tear us apart. here to speak on behalf of oklahoma city is mayor mick cornett. thank you, and good morning. it is always a pleasure to be out here on april 19th and to look at so many faces who have traveled different distances to
be here. president clinton, secretary johnson, and others that have traveled a long ways to be with us, welcome to oklahoma city. those of you who may have had a short walk to the memorial today or perhaps you trove in from a nearby suburb or from somewhere
around the state, it is great to have you with us this morning as we remember what occurred here. in thinking about my remarks, i reminded myself that was it was 75 years ago this spring that sir winston churchill addressed the people of london. he used for what i believe were
the first times the terms "darkest hour" and "finest hour." of course, he was talking about the great uncertainty that his nation faced as world war ii was at its doorstep, but as we stand here today and you think back exactly 20 years ago, you turn
back the clock 20 years ago, we were in our darkest hour. it was 60 minutes of terror. but our finest hour has now lasted 20 years. we have moved beyond. this city has progressed in matters that i don't believe any of us in 1995 could have
foreseen. i know many of you are here for the very first time to join us on the april 19th remembrance, and i would suggest that you are here not because you can't forget what occurred but you are here because you have chosen to remember.
those of you that are from out of town, i want to thank you for coming today and for choosing to remember with us. thank you, mayor. she spent many days at this sight as our lieutenant governor comforting family members and participating in briefings and
today she returns as the state's top official. please welcome governor mary fallin. good morning. twenty years. it seems just like yesterday, but then again, it seems like 20 years that we were here at this
site. the unspeakable happened. evil happened. god's word says that what was meant for evil can be used for good. the goodness that we saw come that morning and the decades to come 20 years later is truly a
mark of grace, of comfort, of love and compassion that we come here today to not forget what happened at this site 20 years president clinton, we appreciate you being here. this is president clinton's sixth time to come to this event and this site and to come to
oklahoma to be with us. we will never forget your leadership as president of the united states and what you did to help oklahoma through a very difficult time in our moment's history. thank you for being here here today.
secretary johnson, we appreciate all that you do. thank you for joining us here today and director comy thank you for joining us here providing the federal support we deeply needed 20 years ago. we appreciate you. i can remember very clearly
mayor ron north and his leadership that he provided for days, weeks, months, years to come after the oklahoma city bombing and the steady hand he brought to a time that was very dark for oklahoma city. mayor, we appreciate you and thank you for your leadership.
we will never forget that. governor frank keating and first lady kathy keithing. governor keating had been in office actually 101 days. i remember that day very well on april 19th, because the day before the governor and i celebrated our 100th day in
office. can you imagine being a governor, new governor, 101 days in office, and all of a sudden be thrust into not only the state, the national, but the international worldwide limelight in such a time of crisis for our state, and the
steady hand that he provided along with first lady kathy keating to guide us once again through our darkest hours to bring us hope and encouragement and just -- i was reflecting this weekend about all the different things that you must have had to make decisions
about, governor. what a difficult time that was for you, but we appreciate you. we're very fortunate to have governor keating and the first lady who went above and beyond. thank you both for what you did. i remember april 19th very well, as was mentioned.
we were down several blocks from here at the convention center having the annual metro prayer breakfast. at that prayer breakfast we had over 1,000 people who were there that day to pray for god's wisdom, guidance, forgiveness, seeking his faith to direct your
steps as a state through prayer and worship and inspirational speakers. little did we know when that event let out at 8:00 that at 9:01 between 9:03 that our state would face one of its darkest hours and how much we would need to lean deep into our faith as a
state and as citizens. the tragic loss of life, those that suffered, be it also the remarkable response that we saw from all the first responders, people who came from far and wide across the state, from across our nation and around the world to give everything they
had to give. i can still remember hearing a story on the news about a gentleman who was a construction worker that was driving down the street close by. he had heard upon the news that there was a need for construction boots for those who
were here in their rescue and search effort. he drove up to someone that was guarding the street and took off his boots and he said, you know, someone needs this more than i do. he left without his booting. governor keating, you told that
story many times. i can still remember how our school children across oklahoma gathered jars and collected pennies because our children wanted to be a part of this. i can still remember how first lady keating organized cots down at the cox convention center and
food and clothing and whatever anyone needed that was a first responder that was here to comfort. i can still remember the wonderful prayer service we had at the fairgrounds and president clinton being here. we look back upon those days,
and we look to the grace, the mercy, the servant's heart we saw poured out across our state has to give us hope. so today as we come to remember what occurred here and not forget the lost loved ones and those that survived, to thank those that helped us during one
of our darkest hours, let us not forget the hope, the hope of our state, the hope of our future, and let us not forget to remind future generations of oklahomans how important of a site this is that we can come here for comfort, strength, peace, hope, and serenity and never forget
and hopefully it will never happen again in the state of oklahoma. may god continue to bless our citizens and may god continue to bless our nation. thank you. thank you, governor. the lessons learned that day and
in the months and years thereafter have changed the way america responds to violence and terrorism. 20 years ago the fbi quickly arrived at the scene and began supporting rescue efforts and was the lead federal investigative agency working
alongside other federal, state and local law enforcement groups. the crime was solved, but the investigation turned out to be one of the most exhaustive in fbi history. no stone was left unturned to make sure every clue was found
and all of the criminals identified. by the time it was over, the bureau had conducted more than 28,000 interviews, followed some 43,000 investigative leads, amassed 3.5 tons of evidence, and reviewed nearly a billion pieces of information.
the numbers most important were the loss of life of eight federal agents that day and another 160 fellow oklahomans. they are who we choose to remember for this memorial that honors their lives. fbi director james comie saw firsthand the unprecedented size
of the investigation that followed in the aftermath of the bombing, and the fortitude of our nation when he visited the memorial and museum of last we're pleased to have him with us today on this 20th answer -- anniversary. i'm honored to be here this
morning to represent the people of the fbi. 20 years ago today ordinary folks were going about their lives dropping kids off before work, running errands, heading to work themselves, doing what ordinary people do on ordinary days.
in an instant this day was transformed into a moment of history, a moment of unspeakable horror and darkness and loss. we have had these dark and damaging moments in our history before as individuals, as americans, and as citizens of the world.
moments that alter or lives and change who we are and what we are, and we will have them again. it is not the moment that defines us. it is not the act itself that shapes our destiny. it is what comes next.
in the minutes following the attack, the people of oklahoma city did something that the rest of us watching from afar found hard to fathom. you ran towards darkness. you ran towards pain. you ran towards anger and destruction.
you ran because these were your friends. you ran because they were your neighbors and your teammates and members of your congregation. you ran because that's what oklahomans do for their family, and on this day those people were family.
you were strong. you were unbending. you were fearless in the face of terrible hatred. you understood even in the midst of evil that courage is stronger than fear, love is stronger than hatred, and hope is stronger than grief.
as the governor and governor keating have said, that is the growing up most of us of a certain age watched mister rogers' show on television called mister rogers' neighborhood. he understood that children have fears.
fears that adults sometimes can't understand. he once said, quote, when i was a boy and i would see scary things in the news, my mother would say, look for the helpers. you will always find people who are helping, closed quote. it was true back then, and it is
true today. in times of crisis and disaster, we look for the helpers, and we always, always find people who are helping. you were those people. you were those helpers. life is a search for understanding, and we often seek
to understand, struggle to understand why do bad things happen? we make carry a deep and abiding faith in our hearts, but we find unsatisfactory statements like, well, it was god's will. for me that is simply not enough to say it is god's will.
i believe it is inconsistent with the notion of a caring being. so we struggle in asking why bad things happen. it's debilitating and can be paralyzing. it can keep us frozen in a dark moment.
although we cannot help asking why struggling with the why, we must instead focus on asking how. how can we move forward? how can we help? when bad things happen, we must ask ourselves, what comes next? how can we move bravely forward?
it is or obligation not to allow evil to hold the field. not to let the darkness prevail. the loss of your loved ones and the lasting impact on this community opened a hole in your heart that will never close, that will never heal. i'm sure it's true that smiles
come more easily now two decades on and that memories are softer, but the sense of loss is the the sorrow is the same. poet robert browning hamilton wrote about the legacy of loss and sorrow in words i thought might be useful to us today. he wrote this in his poem.
i walked a mile with pleasure. she chatted all the way but let me none the wiser for all she had to say. i walked a mile with sorrow and never a word said she, but oh, the things i learned from her when sorrow walked with me. you have learned much from
sorrow. you have learned that life is precious and time is short. you have learned what it means to lose someone you love. you have learned courage and compassion and charity. for 20 years you have sought the good coming out of the darkness.
it is your way of saying we we will never forget, but we will move bravely forward. you stood with the people of new york. boston. you said to them, we know. we understand. out of darkness will come a ray
of light. out of darkness will come hope you told them. it is who and what you are, and you have helped to make it the american standard. in the evening hours as the sunsets, the 168 chairs behind us will start to glow.
they will glow with the light of the loved ones who were lost. they will glow with the promise that good will always, always win out over evil. they will glow with the hope that there is more kindness and compassion and love in this world than we can possibly see.
with the realization that although weeping comes at night, joy will come in the morning. there is evil in this world. you know that to be true. you have lived that truth. know this. we in the fbi will do all that we can, all that we must to find
and stop that evil so that you never again need to endure such darkness, and we will do all that we can to ensure that justice and the rule of law trumps savagery and hatred. we will do all we can to keep you safe. that is our standard.
it is our privilege to serve you and to be part of your family. thank you very much. thank you so much, director comey. oklahoma holds a distinctive place in the history of homeland security. the bombing of the alfred p.
murrah federal building changed national policies regarding domestic terrorism. we're pleased to have with us the fourth u.s. secretary of homeland security jeh johnson. thank you very much mr. president, mayor, mayor, governor, governor, first
responders, families, surviveors of those killed 20 years ago. i came here today to be with the families of those who were killed along with director joe clancy of the secret service that was over here. thank you for the opportunity to speak.
for me it is an unexpected honor and privilege to share this platform with president clinton and others. many eloquent words have been spoken at this play over the last 20 years. i cannot match them. nor do i have the words to
console the families of those who were killed. anniversaries like this must be very difficult. as the father of two kids, one almost 21 and one almost 20, i cannot imagine the pain of those who have lost their children 20 years ago today except to know
that it must be horrible. as your secretary of homeland security, i do offer this today. the best homeland security is the character of a community. terrorism in any form cannot prevail if the people refuse to be terrorized. the best i can offer is a quote
from susan. someone came and tried to destroy oklahoma. we said, no, you can't. here you have what is referred to repeatedly as the oklahoma standard. it's the reason why so many of you rushed to the scene of the
bombing. it's the reason why this community is even stronger today than it was before. in boston after the bombing of the marathon in 2013, they called it boston strong. it's the reason why 27,000 runners were in the marathon in
2013 and 36,000 signed up in 2014. it's also the reason why my former colleagues at the pentagon in washington came to work the day after that building was attacked on 9/11. it's the reason why in my hometown, new york city, more
u.s. flags appeared than ever before right after 9/11. it's the reason why a generation of young people enlisted in our armed forces after we were attacked on 9/11. this is the character of oklahoma, boston, the u.s. military, and other communities
all across this country. today is a day to mourn and remember those who died here 20 years ago, but today is also a day to say to those who intend to terrorize us, no, you cannot. thank you, secretary johnson. four days after the bombing, president bill clinton arrived
in oklahoma city to console. he brought with him a letter from a young widow and a mother of three whose husband was murdered when pan am flight 103 was shot down. this is what the woman asked the president to share with us during that first memorial
prayer service. the anger you feel is valid, but you must not allow yourself to be consumed by it. the hurt you feel must not be allowed to turn into hate but instead into the search for justice. the loss you feel must not
paralyze your own lives. instead, you must try to pay tribute to your loved ones by continuing to do all the things they left undone, thus ensuring that they did not die in vain. he went on to gos to say you have lost too much but have not lost everything and we have not
lost america and will stand with you. and stand with us he did. as we begin to heal our broken heart hearts five years with the memorial on april 19, 2000 the fifth anniversary of the his support of the museum
continues today as a member of the national advisory board. he provides historic perspective but also the passion and commitment of someone who bore witness to both the tragedy and the hope that our memorial represents for future generations.
in 2010 we were pleased to honor him with a reflections of hope award for his work in helping oklahoma city transform following the bombing and for his international peace work during the presidency and since. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to oklahoma city
the 42nd president of the united states, president bill clinton. thank you, susan, for the introduction and for your service. i want to thank carrie wattkins for driving this whole memorial museum and project for 20 years. it seems like ever since a left
office, i just sort of show up when carrie calls. i sort of do what she tells me to do, and so far it hasn't got me in any trouble. i want to thank secretary johnson and director comey and all the other federal officials who are here.
thank you so much, governor fallin, for what you said. thank you senator lankford, congressman lucas, mayor cornett, mayor norik, thank you. i loved hearing you relive those times. i want to thank governor most of you don't know this, but
i've known frank keating longer than you have. we met when i was an 18-year-old freshman at georgetown, america's oldest jesuit university. i was a southern baptist, and they asked me what i was doing there.
i said, i hoped i could figure it out before i had to leave. the first encounter we had we were having a partisan disagreement over a campus issue. it continued from 1964 or '65 for 30 years. until oklahoma city.
he and kathy were magnificent, and as is the mayor, as were all of you. for a whole country you burned away all the petty squabbles in which we engaged leaving only our basic humanity. i mostly came here to thank you i prepared for this day
yesterday in new york by taking hillary to see our daughter and son-in-law and my about to be 7-month-old grandchild. hillary and i bathed her and fed her and put her to bed. i looked at her in that crib so i could remember how you felt, those of you who lost your loved
ones. i want to first say i know how hard this is. when i came to oklahoma city four days after the bombing, i wanted to see the family of al, the secret service agent that perished and he was on my detail.
he wanted to come here because he thought it would be a wonderful place to raise a family. the new director of the secret service, joe clancy is here. 20 years ago he was on my detail, too. he advanced my trip to oklahoma
city. when you strip away all the little things that divide us, it's important to remember how tied we are and how much we, all americans owe oklahoma city. people came here from around the country to help you. one of them was a chief of the
new york city fire department named ray downey. i met him here. almost six years later, lo and behold, i was living in new york with my foundation and hillary was a senator and ray downey lost his life on 9/11 trying to get people out of the twin
towers. when they fell among the first people to show up to help were the workers from oklahoma city. i can tell you nobody has ever forgotten it. so i wanted to say thank you. i think of oklahoma city sometimes as a tale of two
degree tree tree s. that one that proved your tough and strong and endure, and a dogwood that hillary and i planted on the south lawn of the white house on my way down here that fateful day 20 years ago. dogwoods for all of us are the
sign of springtime and rebirth. for those of us who are christians, they are also a sign of new beginnings and second chances. so i thank you. nelson mandela, who died a couple of years ago, was a great friend of mine for 20 years.
he taught me a lot of things from his 27 years in prison. he taught me that in the face of tragedy, evil and loss, there are only two things that always remain that can never be taken away. your mind and your heart. we must decide what to do with
them no matter what happens. oklahoma city, you have chosen for 20 years you have honored the memories of your loved ones, you have inspired us with the power of your renewal, you have reminded us that we should all live by the oklahoma standard. service, honor, kindness.
in doing these things you had to choose to affirm our common humanity in the face of mad, crazy people who think the differences are all that matter enough to dehumanize innocent bystanders they never met. you had to choose far-sighted love over blind hatred.
you had to choose to redeem your terrible losses by beginning the whole world needs you now. there have been smaller examples of still significant numbers of innocents killed here in but in remote villages in northern nigeria, in ancient, historic cities in iraq and
syria, and other places throughout the globe, even in paris, france, there's still people who somehow think they can matter more and they can make a statement by killing innocents, snuffing out possibility, that they can somehow bend the arc of history.
they're wrong as long as people like you make the right decisions with your mind and your heart. i wish everyone could come and see this model for a new century of human interdependence. you reclaimed the river, revived the downtown, reoriented your
city toward a brighter future. yes, by doing the right things, by just living by the oklahoma standard, you grew faster than ever before, and you grew far more prosperous. a breath-taking increase in per capita income in these 20 years. the material gains were
incidental. every family here who lost someone would give it all up in a heartbeat to have their loved ones back. the progress came because of your values, the culture you embraced, because of what you decided to do together.
you freely embraced the choices of a mind and a heart that is blessed. when i was president i spent $3 billion of your money to sequence the human genome. its been worth a lot to us. we've gotten a couple hundred billion dollars in benefits out
of it, and we're closing in on cures for cancer and a lot of other problems. the most important thing we found is that every non-age-related difference we can see in this vast crowd is lodged in one-half of 1% of our genome.
the good lord made us just different enough to keep it interesting. and alike enough to require us to make the choices oklahoma city made. not because you forgot the loss of loved ones but because you remembered.
not because the pain and loss and love have worn away with time but because they endure. the only way you can redeem the loved ones is to live by the standard you have branded. it has been magnificent to behold. i urge you never to forget it.
i thank you for the privilege of doing what i could to help, of being a witness to your triumphs, to have played a small part in what happened here in the aftermath of that terrible it is an honor i will treasure as long as i live. all i ask is that you never
forget that you made the right choice. god bless you. i don't think this means enough, but thank you, president clinton. thank you for your compassion at a time we needed you most and your enduring support of the
oklahoma city national memorial. thank you so much. for those that were in oklahoma city on april 19, 1995, for those who witnessed it and for those who see the impact of this national memorial and museum, the oklahoma standard, as you've heard over and over and over
again today, is what shines through even 20 years later. joining us today is the chair of the oklahoma standard campaign, oklahoma city thunder executive vice president and general manager, sam presti. just a few words. when i first arrived in oklahoma
city, i quickly recognized that people here were different. there were things happening in this community in the people that were so authentic and so genuine and so selfless. it's that resiliency and compassion exhibited by oklahomans that we've tried to
instill in our thunder players. as our city and state grows, expands, and welcomes people from around the world, we can't forget to include them in that oklahoma spirit. in the month of april 2015, we and ask you to commit to one act of service, one act of
honor, and one act of kindness. service means giving your time to someone in need. honor is honoring the victims and survivors by coming to the museum and memorial. kindness could involve anything from holding a door open for a stranger to cleaning up your
neighbor's yard to maybe handing somebody an umbrella. we invite you to take the pin that was given to you today and commit yourself to the oklahoma standard, or maybe more importantly, by passing that pin on to someone of the next generation.
♪ when the night ♪ ♪ seems too safe ♪ ♪ all hope is lost ♪ ♪ gone away ♪ ♪ but i know ♪ ♪ i'm not alone ♪ ♪ by the light she steps ♪ ♪ there she waits ♪ ♪ faithful friend ♪
♪ shimmering star ♪ ♪ westward wind ♪ ♪ show the way ♪ ♪ carry me ♪ ♪ to the place ♪ ♪ she steps ♪ ♪ when you think you might be over it ♪ ♪ just when you think you the
fight is gone ♪ ♪ someone will come beside you ♪ ♪ there she stands ♪ ♪ there she flies ♪ ♪ with blue skies ♪ ♪ of those who died ♪ ♪ washed in white ♪ ♪ by the grace ♪ ♪ in this dream ♪
♪ she stands ♪ ♪ your hopes all come crashing down ♪ ♪ the one will pull us from the rubble ♪ ♪ torn and tattered ♪ ♪ we see it stand the test of time ♪ ♪ we can always look at those
who have fallen ♪ ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ and through the fight ♪ ♪ she stands ♪♪ thank you all for helping us continue the legacy of the oklahoma standard and keep this story relevant for next now comes the most important
part of our ceremony, remembering the 168 people who were killed. as is our custom, we and that everyone please wait until all of the names are read before leaving. there were 23 federal and 10 state agencies impacted by the
our readers today will be escorted by the agency heads who led our procession with the wreath-laying ceremony earlier in morning. the escort for the water resources board is executive director j.d. strong. those of the oklahoma water
resources board building. truzy jean rigney. robert n. chipman. we remember those at the atheenian building job corporation. katherine elizabeth ridley, anita christine hightower. we remember rescue worker
rebecca needham anderson. the escort for the u.s. psych rhett service is special agent in charge joe gallow, retired. we remember those who were killed in the alfred p. murrah federal building, u.s. secret service, ninth floor. an lan gwricher.
kathy line seidl. linda g mckinney. our dad, mikey b. maroney. donald ray len in order. cynthia l. brown. the escort for the drug enforcement administration is administrator michelle linheart. we remember our friends and
family with the drug enforcement administration, ninth floor. kenneth glenn mccullough, my daughter and her unborn son carrie-anne lenz and michael james lenz iii. my mother, rona linn kuehner-chafey, carrol june chip fields, shelly d. bland.
the escort for the housing and urban department is the honorable ellen kanoski, general counsel. we remember our family and friends with the department of housing and urban development, eighth floor. clarence eugene wilson sr.
our mother francis fran ann williams. michael d. weaver. our grandfather, david jack walker. julesa. valdez, leora lee sells, lanny lee david scroggins, antonio "tony" c. rye yes, sir. dr. george michael howard,
dvm. susan jane ferrell, kimberly kay clark. donald earl burns, sr. david neil burkett, peter r.avillanoza, ted l. allen. jo ann whittenberg, john karl van ess iii, john thomas stewart, terry smith ree s,
patricia ann nix, betsy j.beebe mcgonnell and my father, james a. mccarthy ii. mary leasure-rentie. teresa lea taylor lauderdale ann creymborg, my husband, thompson ugene "gene" hodges jr., jay colleen guile se, linda louise florence, judy j.rfoh fisher,
castine brooks hearn devereaux, diana linee day. kim r. cousins. andrea yvette blanton. diane e. hollingsworth althoughhous althoughhouse. pault gregory bathy brocksterman.
the us escort the marine recruiting is michael cohen. in remembrance of our fellow marines killed at united states marine recruiting command sixth floor, captain randolph a. guzman, sergeant benjamin laranzo davis. the escort for u.s. customs
is joshua shank. we remember those with the u.s. customs on the first floor. senior special agent arthur claude maderis. senior special agent paul d d.eise. the escort for the department of agriculture is social deputy
administrator, dr. jack shear. family with the department of agriculture, fifth floor. rheta bender long, carole sue khalil, doris "adele" higginbottom, richard "dick" cummins. me mother, dr. margaret l. "peggy" clark.
my father james evert boles, olen burl bloomer. the escort for u.s. army recruiting battalion is major gary katz. u.s. army recruiting battalion, fourth floor. wanda lee watkins, kayla marie titsworth, delores dee stratton,
victoria vickey l. sohn, john c. moss iii, peggy louise holland, karen gist carr, sergeant first class lola bolden, united states army. of transportation federal highway division is division administrator gary corrino. we remember our friends with
the department of transportation/federal highway john a. youngblood, johnny allen wade, my father, rick l. tomlin, michelle a. reeder, jerry lee parker, ronota ann newberry-woodbridge. i'm sorry. james k. martin, larry james
jones, michael carrillo, mark allen bolte, lucio aleman jr. the escort for the federal employees credit union is lynnette leonard. family with the federal employees credit union. third floor. tresia jo mathes wore ton, our
mother, virginia thompson, victoria general net texter, karan howell shepherd, sonya lynn sanders, christy rosas, claudine ritter. jill diane randolph, franky ann measure rel, claudette duke meek, kathy cagle leinen, valerie jo koelsch.
alvin j.justes, my sister, crhisti yolanda jenkins. robbin ann huff and baby amber denise huff, linda colleen houseley, sheila r.gigger-driver and baby gregory n. driver ii. my mother jamie fialkowski genzer, kathy a. finley, kimberly ruth burgess, woodrow
clifford "woody" brady. the escort for the defense security service is dss stan sims. family with the defense security service, third floor. my father, robert glenn westberry, larry l. turner, norma jeane johnson.
peter e.l. demaster, our braer harley richard cottingham. we remember our visitor on the second floor, scott d. the escort for america's kids child development center is regional administrator sylvia hernandez. family from the america's kids
child development center, second floor. my brother colton wade smith. my brother chase dalton smith, dominique ravae johnson-london, blake ryan kennedy, wanda lee howell. kevin "lee" gottshall ii, my baby.
tevindaundrae garrett, taylor sanoi eaves, brenda faye daniels, jaci rae coyne, elia s. coverdale, aaron m. coverdale, antonio ansara cooper jr. anthony christopher cooper ii and his mother, dana leanne cooper, america's kids child development center director.
zachary taylor chavez, danielle nicole bell and our big sister miss baylee almon. the escort for general services administration is friends from the general services administration, first the escort for social security administration is
district manager mike griffin. we remember our families and friends with the social security administration, first floor. sharon louise wood chestnut. w. steven williams. julie marie welch. robert n. walker jr. luther h. trainor.
larue a. trainor. michael george thompson. my mother, charlotte andrea lewis-thomas. emilio coppia, eula lee mitchell, derwin w. miller, cartney j. mcraven. reverend gilbert x. martinez. robert lee luster jr.
aurelia donna luster. air man first class lakesha richardson levy. raymond "lee" johnson. jean nutting hurlburt. dr. charles e.hurlburt. thomas lynn hawthorne sr. ronald vernon harding sr. cheryl hammon.
ethel l. griffin. margaret betterton goodson. laura jane garrison. maryanne fritzler. interpreter: don -- don fritz ler. ashley megan eckles. katherine louise cregan. gabreond.l. bruce.
peeshly bradley. peach lynn bradley. our grandma and my aunt carol louise bowers. cassandra ka booker. oletac. biddy. peola battle. calvin battle. saundrag. sandy avery.
pamela cleveland argo. richard a. allen, teresa antoinette alexander. thank you to our special guests and to each of you. thank you for being with us here we invite you to visit the museum today that will remain open until 5:00.
admittance is complimentary and provided by cox communications. we also want to thank teleflora, new leaf and florists from all over the state for providing the adorn all 168 chairs and the agency wreaths. we invite you also to come back next sunday for the 15th annual
oklahoma city memorial marathon. come cheer on our marathoners who run never to forget. they run to honor those who were killed, those who survived, and those changed forever. thank you so much for joining us for this 20th anniversary ceremony.
may our oklahoma city national memorial and museum be a place of history, reflection, and memories that will remain for generations to come. thank you and god bless. [ bagpipes playing ]
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