TERROR IN OKLAHOMA CITY : Voices from Home

“She takes with her a part of our battalion and a part of the Army family.”

MAJ. RONALD BAIN. At funeral for Army Sgt. 1st Class Lola Bolden, 40.

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“I’m so grateful that Grandma and Grandpa were with her. Can you think of two better escorts to heaven?”

REV. REX HAYMAKER. At funeral for Ashley Eckles, 4. Luther and LaRue Treanor, the parents of Ashley’s stepfather, were with Ashley when the bomb exploded. They were still missing in the ruined building.

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“When Cindy was asked in her initial interview what she knew about the Secret Service, she responded by quoting from memory the entire statute that created the agency. We were all very impressed.”

SELJAY BOWRON. Secret Service director, at funeral for agent Cynthia Lynn Campbell Brown, 26 .

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“He was a good soldier. If he was given a mission and a target, it’s gone.

JAMES IVES. A sergeant in bombing suspect Timothy J. McVeigh’s Army infantry unit.

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“If they’re alive, she paws real hard and fast and she gets excited. If they’re dead, she paws slowly and hangs her head.”

HARRY OAKES. Distinguishing the ways his black mixed breed dog, Valerie, responds to dead victims and survivors.

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“I lost a friend who I played golf with for many years--his name was Mike Weaver. His obituary is in the newspaper today.”

JOHN W. COYLE III. Criminal defense attorney appointed to help represent McVeigh, asking to withdraw from the case.

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“It’s a gesture of goodwill and an act of solidarity and love from people who have nothing else to give.”

JOSE BASULTO. President of Brothers to the Rescue, a Cuban exile group, on the Cuban boat people at Guantanamo Bay Navy base volunteering to donate blood for the bomb victims.