Hard to believe it has been 10 years

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I wish all the survivors peace within and I am appauled McVeigh and Nichols never said they were sorry.





Oklahoma City marks 10th anniversary of bombing

CTV.ca News Staff

For 168 seconds, silence descended on Oklahoma City in remembrance of those who died 10 years ago in the worst act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

About 1,600 people inside the First United Methodist Church fell silent at 9:02 a.m., the moment the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed.

Each second signified a person who died on April 19, 1995, when Timothy McVeigh's truck bomb blew off the north side of the building. The blast left a huge crater in the nine-story building, burying victims in rubble and concrete.

Rescuers recovered 168 bodies, including 19 children who were at a day care facility inside the building.

Remembering the victims today were friends, relatives, co-workers and elected officials, including U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney.

"That spring morning 10 years is still deeply etched in our memories," Cheney said.

"Goodness overcame evil that day," he said.

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton, who was in office at the time of the bombing, told mourners that time would bring "healing and hope."

During the memorial, the names of the victims were read out by family members, some of their voices were shaking as they struggled through the list.

Today's ceremony also paid tribute to the hundreds of survivors and rescue workers.

McVeigh was executed on June 11, 2001, for the bombing. He never expressed remorse for the crime, and went to his death without making an oral statement.

Conspirator Terry Nichols is serving multiple life sentences on federal and state charges. He has never said sorry for the bombing, but has asked for forgiveness from the victims' families.

With files from The Associated Press