Those who present and look at the 30th anniversary memory ceremony From the Murrah building, the bombing witnessed a small hiccup after a woman went up on the stage and was quickly escorted.
Officials believe that there is no threat to the public.
At the start of the event, Dr. Susan Chambers, president of the Memorial and National Museum of Oklahoma City, began to welcome the public at the ceremony. Before she could finish a large part of her greeting, a woman went up on the stage towards a row of civil servants and members of the family of the victims. She seemed to try to speak to the governor of Oklahoma Kevin Stitt, according to Pastor Josue Araujo.
The pastor of First Church said that he was not sure to know how the individual went on stage, pointing out: “A certain security has slipped” at the start of the program. From there, he witnessed the individual “speaking in a loud voice” to an individual on the scene.
We don't know who she was trying to talk to; Sources involved say that it could be Stitt or the American senator James Lankford.
The woman's voice was picked up by the microphone on stage, and you could hear say: “Help me, please. You know who I am”, before being escorted.
Araujo said he intervened to help after seeing that the person trying to escort him failed.
The individual had a clipboard and papers in hand, whose content was unknown.
A woman is escorted out of the scene during the 30th memory ceremony for the Oklahoma City ignition attack on Saturday April 19, 2025, inside the first church.
Although she may have gone beyond security, Araujo said he didn't think there was a threat to security. Araujo thinks she tried to speak with the governor.
“I just think he was someone who probably knew that the governor was going to be present and wanted him to act or make a decision in his favor on something and used this as the moment,” said Araujo.
Although he has caught his name for the moment, he could not remember it during the interview.
Officials of the Governor's office and the police had no additional details to share.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Woman withdrawn from the OKC bombing ceremony after walking on stage
