| Collection |
Oklahoma City National Memorial--Hillmann & Carr |
| Date |
03/18/2000 |
| Description |
This videotape contains an interview with Ladonna Blueeye, who worked as a counselor during the rescue and recovery operation. She discusses the morning of April 19, 1995, feeling the shock wave in her car; sirens; seeing the building on the news; acting as a liaison between Native Americans and rescue organizations; Joe Mitchell, Eula Mitchell; importance of understanding the culture, stoicism; recovering Eula Mitchell; never being debriefed with the clergy; outsider nature; compassion fatigue; relying upon her friends after counseling; planning to move to San Francisco; Red Cross; moving to San Francisco to attend dental school; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; culture shock; moving back to Oklahoma; lack of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder programs available at Red Cross in San Francisco; taking advantage of programs through Project Heartland; culturally insulting events during the rescue and recovery effort; finding out about Eula Mitchell's body being recovered, notification at the Family Assistance Center, private nature of the family's grief, extended nature of the family present for Eula Mitchell; the earth in Oklahoma being red from all the ancestors lost here, becoming a deeper red after the bombing; the effectiveness of the rescue workers; how quickly she was aged by seeing the Murrah Building after the bombing; attending the anniversary; the implosion; the impact on mothers who had lost children. |
| Object ID |
3844.153 |
| Object Name |
Cassette, Videotape |
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