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One of my most moving experiences has been visiting the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. The Outdoor Symbolic Memorial is a place of quiet reflection and honors the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed forever on April 19, 1995. The 168 chairs represent the lives taken on that day. They stand in nine rows to represent each floor of the building, and each chair bears the name of someone killed on that floor in the position of where they each sat. Nineteen smaller chairs stand for the children. The field is located on the footprint of the Murrah Building.
"We find a place for what we lose. Although we know that after such a loss the acute stage of mourning will subside, we also know that we shall remain inconsolable and will never find a substitute. No matter what may fill the gap, even if it be filled completely, it nevertheless remains something else."
Sigmund Freud (1961)
