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Join the discussion: The photo of an Oklahoma City bombing victim I’ll never forget

02MIAOKCITY_MS Oklahoma City, OK - 9/7/2022: Toys and momentos hang on a small section of fence at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum in Oklahoma City, OK on September 07, 2022. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) US Project Two Weeks in America and her daughter Bella Almon Kok — Also Christine Russell and her daughter Anna Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

OKLAHOMA CITY — You might remember the photo. I can’t forget it.

All these years later, that image of the child, bloodied and lifeless, being cradled by a firefighter in the frantic aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing still makes me shudder.

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Mark Shanahan can be reached at mark.shanahan@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @MarkAShanahan.