Those Who Were Killed
We come here to remember those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever. May all who leave here know the impact of violence. May this memorial offer comfort, strength, peace, hope and serenity.
Thomas Lynn Hawthorne, Sr.
"Thomas Lynn Hawthorne Sr., 52, died as he lived - helping others. A son said the Choctaw resident was at the Social Security office in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building when the bomb exploded on the morning of April 19. Hawthorne Sr. was trying to help a retired United Rubber Workers union member who had moved to Oklahoma clear up a problem with the retiree's federal benefits, family said. "In a way, that made it easier," Thomas Hawthorne Jr. said, "because if he had to die now, at least he died as he lived. "
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