BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Now "CNN 20," a sight that brought back painful memories for folks in Oklahoma City.</s>KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: The Murrah Federal Building is torn down.</s>LINDEN SOLES, CNN ANCHOR: We begin with the image that has haunted Oklahoma City for the past five weeks. The concrete and steel skeleton of the Murrah Federal Building became a shrine for some, a symbol of terrorism to others, and ultimately a scar on the national psyche; a scar that today was wiped away.</s>GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I covered the implosion of the building when they blew it up, and we actually stood with family members who had lost their loved ones. And when that implosion blew up the building, the absolute horror on their faces when they heard that sound. They didn't know what to expect, what they would feel like. But the initial second when they heard the sound of the implosion, it brought back such terrible memories to them for that instant second. They realized that that was the best thing for that building not to be there any more, but hearing the sound, many of them just burst out into tears. And that was very tough to watch.</s>BUD WELCH, VICTIM'S FATHER: In lots of ways, I hate to see the building go down. Ah, it was like we're pilgrims, and that was our shrine.</s>TUCHMAN: You didn't really want it to come down then?</s>WELCH: So we'll have to build her up another shrine. We have to.
CNN 20: OKC Federal Building Demolished, May 23, 1995