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Oklahoma City Thunder helps people to heal from 1995 tragedy
If you read about Oklahoma City these days, it will most probably be about Oklahoma City Thunder and the NBA finals. However, many people don’t know Oklahoma City because of basketball, but because of a huge tragedy. In April 1995, an explosion destroyed the Murrah building in the center of the city, killed 168 and injured more than 700 people.
Sam Presti, general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder, tells his players to appreciate that every day. The Alfred P. Mullah building is only a few blocks away from where the Thunder plays today. If his players stand on the field and look in the faces of the nearly 20 thousand fans, they see many people who have been affected by the explosion in one way or the other. For some of them, basketball may be a necessary distraction from their nightmares.
Sam Presti lived in Massachusettes in 1995, so he had to learn the history of the tragedy after the relocation of the team to Oklahoma City. He learnt a lot from visiting the museum that was built on the site where the Mullah building stood and he recommends each and every of his players to visit the museum, too.
If the Oklahoma City Thunder are able to win the NBA finals this year, it may be another step towards forgetting the horrible tragedy in 1995.
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