'We're here together': survivors, families remember Oklahoma City bombing 30 years later

Hundreds gathered at the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum Saturday morning to remember the 168 lives lost in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building on April 19, 1995.

News On 6 spoke to survivors and families remembering their loves ones at a remembrance ceremony.

"We sat back down and then the bomb went off..."

One of the survivors, Retired Gunnery Sergeant Jack Jocsing was inside the building having a conversation with his captain when the bomb went off.

He described the moment it happened.

"Actually, we were just seconds from falling by the two marines. We were getting ready to walk out of the office that we were in, and it's a good thing he started talking to me again because we sat back down and then the bomb went off, floor jumped up, we looked out the window, and the next thing you know two of our friends are gone, so," Jocsing said.

"She would have brought the light and the sunshine"

LaKisha Levy was a first class airman who was only 21 at the time did not make it out of the building alive.

Her cousin EJ Dickson and her entire family came to Oklahoma City from New Orleans on Saturday to honor her, but most of her family couldn't get in, so they stood on the steps of the church during the ceremony.

"Even if we can't get in because we're here together. So we bring the light, we bring the sunshine. You know, that's what she would have done. She would have brought the light and the sunshine. So that's what we're going to do," Dickson said.

"That's where we get it from"

Katherine Brown said she and her family traveled from Florida on Saturday to honor her grandfather.

She was born in 1998, so she never got to meet Robert Westberry, but she still carries him with her every day.

"Him and my dad's dad had red hair, that's where we get it from, so... yeah," Brown said.

Brown and her family also were unable to get inside the church due to the large crowds, but she says she was still grateful to be there and honor her grandfather.

Watch more of our coverage of the remembrance ceremony by clicking here.