On April 19, 1995, a bombing at the federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people. The work of Daily staffers forever changed their lives and the newsroom. Read more at oudaily.com.

Editor’s note: This story is a part of a commemorative series marking 30 years since the Oklahoma City bombing, a domestic terrorist attack in which 168 people died. Several stories and multimedia projects commemorating this milestone will be published in the week leading up to April 19, the day the bomb detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995.

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