The Survivor Tree Book

A family plants an American Elm on the Oklahoma prairie just as the capital city is taking root—and the little tree grows when, at 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, America fell silent at the hands of one of its own. As the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah Building is cleared, the charred tree faces calls that it be cut down, but some people marvel that, like them, it is still there at all. The next spring, a new leaf appears, and the tree, now a beacon of hope and strength, is given a new name: The Survivor Tree.