WASHINGTON – Thirty-one years after the Oklahoma City bombing, members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation and Oklahoma’s Own Alex Cameron are reflecting on how the April 19, 1995 attack continues to shape Oklahoma and those who lived through it.
In this D.C. Debrief, Cameron and Scott Mitchell revisited memories from Oklahoma leaders and discussed how the bombing continues to influence survivors, public officials and those who came to Oklahoma in its aftermath.
Oklahoma leaders during the bombing
Cameron said members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation, particularly those representing the Oklahoma City area, continue to carry personal memories of the bombing.
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas, the only current member of Oklahoma’s delegation who was in Congress at the time, has recalled how then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich described the bombing as not only an attack on Oklahoma City, but on the nation…