Oklahoma City bombing survivors join forces

Holly Sweet, a freelance television photographer from Tulsa, is coordinating the effort. The group has set up a private Facebook page and an email address, survivortree@gmail.com, to collect information.

The group is seeking information from those who were injured or whose family members died in the bombing, and will attempt to answer questions submitted by survivors and victims. The group has had initial discussions with attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who has helped determine compensation for victims of the 9/11 attacks as well as the Virginia Tech shootings, BP oil spill and other cases.

Sweet, who shot video for media outlets after the 1995 bombing, said she befriended several survivors at the time.

Over the years, she said, she has heard repeated complaints about the Oklahoma City Community Foundation's treatment of survivors. She said some were denied assistance for needs related to the bombing and treated rudely by foundation staff.

Sweet said the community foundation, which controls the remaining $10 million, “has had 17-and-a-half years to prove whether or not they were capable of fairly dispensing money.”

“I just feel like while they certainly have the abilities, they seem to have lost their moral compass.”

Nancy Anthony, president of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, said the foundation received $14.6 million in donations following the bombing. The organization has spent $11 million on “assistance and contributions to the memorial,” she said.