Article: A DOUBLE TRAGEDY\A PHOTO STORY BY STEVEN R. NICKERSON / ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS.(NEWS/NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL)

Byline: STEVEN R. NICKERSON ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

When U.S. Customs agent Claude Medearis, 41, lost his life in the Oklahoma City bombing, Sharon Medearis lost a husband and Cathie Alaniz a father. Four years earlier, Alaniz's husband was killed in Operation Desert Storm. Claude Medearis' body was not recovered for nine days after the explosion. "Dad will come home, Mom," Alaniz told her mother. "I know God would not take both our husbands from us. It would not be fair."

LIB5 LIB0

CAPTION(S):

PHOTO (5)

Sharon Medearis of Norman, Okla., and her daughter, Cathie Alaniz, try to make sense of their loss. BY STEVEN ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!