Firefighter from iconic Oklahoma City bombing photo retires; ‘It’s still tough to talk about’

  • Source: Fox 6 Now
  • Published: 03/23/2017 12:00 AM

Memories come in all shapes and sizes. Chris Fields has a trunkfull, packed away from a 31-year career as an Oklahoma City firefighter. From fighting infernos to rescuing pets, Fields has done it all. "You roll up and prepare yourself for what you're going to see," Fields says. But nothing could have prepared Chris for April 19, 1995. "I was at Fire Station Number 5 at N.W. 22nd and Broadway. I felt it. We were standing in the station around the kitchen. We heard the boom and felt the station rattle. We looked outside and saw the plume of smoke and self dispatched ourselves," Fields remembers. Rolling up to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, they had no idea of the magnitude.



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