Alisha Leach lost her three-year-old son, Zackary Taylor Chavez, on April 19, 1995 in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Bombing in Oklahoma City. After finding out that she was pregnant with another child only a few days after the bombing, she and her husband moved out of the state. This essay covers a mother returning to the bombing memorial site for the 15th anniversary to remember her son. For weeks, she participated in events including the 15th anniversary service, a family viewing of the site, the 10th anniversary memorial marathon on April 25 and many other small events. Included are her family, police officers that were involved in finding her son, and even people that have run in the marathon for Zackary's memory for 10 years. I got to be a part of all of this, and document a mother facing all of this for the first time since the sad day 15 years ago.
Nice work here on a one day story and strong work on researching to find a great subject. Something that lended itself to repeat trips would have given the story more depth.
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