NSUBA hosts Oklahoma City Bombing Survivors Lunch & Learn

(Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) -- On April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City was changed forever when the unforgivable act of one individual took the lives of 168 men, women, and children and injured hundreds more. As the 23rd anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing approaches, NSUBA offers an event to remember those who were killed, those who survived, and those changed forever.

In conjunction with an NEA Big Read literacy grant, there will be a Lunch & Learn Panel Discussion featuring four Oklahoma City Bombing survivors. Please attend to hear about their stories of survival. One member of the group was critically injured, having had over 26 surgeries; two were on the first floor of the Murrah Building, and one is a survivor of the Oklahoma Water Resources Building.

The panel will be facilitated by Mr. Brad Robison, author of "If the Fence Could Talk". Following the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building a fence was stretched around two city blocks to protect the site during the rescue and recovery efforts. If the Fence Could Talk shares what the fence became in the days, months, and years that followed for the rescue workers, family members, friends, and strangers who gathered at the site. From teddy bears and t-shirts to notes and flowers, for more than 20 years the fence has been a place where people come to remember. With a section remaining permanently, the fence remains a place of worship, solace, hope, and tears.

This event will take place on the NSU Broken Arrow campus on Wednesday, April 4 from 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at the Banquet Hall, Administration Building. A box lunch will be served so please RSVP by Monday, April 2 to louderba@nsuok.edu.