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Oklahoma City Marks 31 Years Since Bombing With Solemn Remembrance

The rituals reinforce a shared identity of service that now reaches from the memorial to the city’s NBA team.

Overview

  • The 31st annual remembrance, held Sunday in Oklahoma City, featured a 168-second silence and the full reading of all 168 victims’ names.
  • Families and survivors shared personal stories at the memorial, where 168 empty chairs stand as symbols of each life lost.
  • The Thunder opened their playoff run Sunday and honored the victims with a pregame invocation by a son who lost his mother and a museum admission offer tied to Game 1 shirts.
  • The Oklahoma House on Monday commemorated the anniversary, hearing accounts from a former Air Force firefighter and relatives before adopting a resolution framing the memorial as a place to restart hope.
  • ESPN set an April 26 E60 special, The Oklahoma Standard, to highlight the Thunder’s long-standing visits to the museum and the community ethos that grew from the 1995 attack.