Tom Hall survived the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing.

The man chiefly responsible for one of the gravest terrorist attacks on US soil, Timothy McVeigh, was executed on June 11, 2001.

On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, an ex-Army soldier parked a rented truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City and detonated it at 9:03am, killing 168 people including 19 children.

At the time of the bombing, Tom Hall was working for the General Services Administration (GSA) as a construction planner estimator on the first floor of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. He was severely injured by the bombing but recovered and returned to work for the GSA until he retired in 2015.

Importantly, Tom served on the Memorial Design Selection Committee and played a role in choosing the final design for the memorial.

"For me personally it's always been about moving forward and not letting circumstances get the best of me that would be, to me, letting the bastard win if it did consume me," he told a local television news channel in 2010.

These images represent a Day In The Life of survivor Tom Hall on June 11, 2001 as he went about his day while keenly aware that Timothy McVeigh was being executed at a federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana that day.

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The man chiefly responsible for one of the gravest terrorist attacks on US soil, Timothy McVeigh, was executed on June 11, 2001. <br />
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On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, an ex-Army soldier parked a rented truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City and detonated it at 9:03am, killing 168 people including 19 children.<br />
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At the time of the bombing, Tom Hall was working for the General Services Administration (GSA) as a construction planner estimator on the first floor of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. He was severely injured by the bombing but recovered and returned to work for the GSA until he retired in 2015. <br />
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Importantly, Tom served on the Memorial Design Selection Committee and played a role in choosing the final design for the memorial.<br />
<br />
"For me personally it's always been about moving forward and not letting circumstances get the best of me that would be, to me, letting the bastard win if it did consume me," he told a local television news channel in 2010.<br />
<br />
These images represent a Day In The Life of survivor Tom Hall on June 11, 2001 as he went about his day while keenly aware that Timothy McVeigh was being executed at a federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana that day.