Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum congratulates NYC after Knicks win

Officials with the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum on Sunday celebrated the New York Knicks championship win and the special relationship between New York City and Oklahoma City born out of tragedy. “The “Shared Experience” between Oklahoma City and New York City is more than three decades old. As we celebrated the Oklahoma City Thunder’s championship during the 30th Anniversary year of the April 19, 1995, bombing, today we honor our friends, the New York Knicks on their championship during the 25th Anniversary year of the September 11 attacks,” officials wrote in a social media post Sunday.Officials said the two cities have worked together on many projects over the years, including when New York Task Force 1 stood with Oklahoma City “in our darkest hour in 1995” and that the city responded to Ground Zero in 2001.“In 2020, during the 25th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, the OKC National Memorial & Museum and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum joined forces at Madison Square Garden to discuss memory and education on center court as we exchanged jerseys. Beginning tomorrow, we will display that jersey in our Archives Exhibit.This Knicks T-shirt was left on the Fence by the team during one of their visits to Oklahoma City to play the Thunder. It has been on display in the Museum as a symbol of the enduring connection between our two cities,” officials wrote.Officials said they celebrate the “resilience of two cities torn apart by terrorism and how sports and honoring the memory of those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever will always unite our cities.”“Two back-to-back Champions…Hope Wins!” officials wrote in the social media post.

OKLAHOMA CITY —

Officials with the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum on Sunday celebrated the New York Knicks championship win and the special relationship between New York City and Oklahoma City born out of tragedy.

“The “Shared Experience” between Oklahoma City and New York City is more than three decades old. As we celebrated the Oklahoma City Thunder’s championship during the 30th Anniversary year of the April 19, 1995, bombing, today we honor our friends, the New York Knicks on their championship during the 25th Anniversary year of the September 11 attacks,” officials wrote in a social media post Sunday.

Officials said the two cities have worked together on many projects over the years, including when New York Task Force 1 stood with Oklahoma City “in our darkest hour in 1995” and that the city responded to Ground Zero in 2001.

“In 2020, during the 25th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, the OKC National Memorial & Museum and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum joined forces at Madison Square Garden to discuss memory and education on center court as we exchanged jerseys. Beginning tomorrow, we will display that jersey in our Archives Exhibit.

This Knicks T-shirt was left on the Fence by the team during one of their visits to Oklahoma City to play the Thunder. It has been on display in the Museum as a symbol of the enduring connection between our two cities,” officials wrote.

Officials said they celebrate the “resilience of two cities torn apart by terrorism and how sports and honoring the memory of those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever will always unite our cities.”

“Two back-to-back Champions…Hope Wins!” officials wrote in the social media post.