More Than 600 Survived
It’s all too easy to focus on the 168 individuals who lost their lives on April 19, 1995. But more than 600 others survived the blast – and were forever scarred by what happened that day. Many faced years of healing and rehabilitation. Many suffered then and now from survivor guilt, the painful and unanswerable question, “Why did I survive when so many others didn’t?”
Many survivors still serve the Memorial and Museum today – offering their insights and feelings on the direction the institution should take in the future. And they all serve as an example of fortitude, strength and resilience.
In the Outdoor Symbolic Memorial, the Survivor Wall memorializes each survivor with their name etched in granite slabs salvaged from the Murrah Building.
