Day Planner from Bombed Embassy

Nairobi, Kenya 1998

This day planner belonged to Foreign Service Officer Ellen Richard, one of the survivors of the August 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. Richard lost her eyesight due to injuries from the bombing, and her personal story of courage and resilience—like that of so many others—is inspiring. Her day planner managed to survive the bombing despite the near-total interior destruction of the part of the embassy she was in; it was sitting on her desk at the time of the explosion.

  • Source/Credit: Gift of Ellen (Bomer) Richard
  • Catalog Number: 2020.0002.01
  • Created: 1998
  • Acquired: 2020

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