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Twenty-six years ago today, one of the worst U.S. domestic terrorist attacks took place with the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. 168 innocents died that day. Included among those lost were 19 children. The perpetrators of this heinous act were radicalized by antigovernment propaganda, much like what certain domestic extremist groups are embracing today. It’s frightening how little things have changed in over two decades.

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Below is a video from country singer Garth Brooks, called “The Change,” which was written in tribute.

One hand

Reaches out
And pulls a lost soul from harm
While a thousand more go unspoken for
They say what good have you done
By saving just this one
It’s like whispering a prayer
In the fury of a storm

And I hear them saying you’ll never change things
And no matter what you do it’s still the same thing
But it’s not the world that I am changing
I do this so this world will know
That it will not change me

This heart
Still believes
The love and mercy still exist
While all the hatred rage and so many say
That love is all but pointless in madness such as this
It’s like trying to stop a fire
With the moisture from a kiss

And I hear them saying you’ll never change things
And no matter what you do it’s still the same thing
But it’s not the world that I am changing
I do this so this world will know
That it will not change me

As long as one heart still holds on
Then hope is never really gone

I hear them saying you’ll never change things
And no matter what you do it’s still the same thing
But it’s not the world that I am changing
I do this so this world we know
Never changes me

What I do is so
This world will know
That it will not change me

~  The Change, written by: Tony Arata & Wayne Tester ~