Kirk’s widow, Erika, told the thousands who attended and many more likely watching on television: “I forgive (the shooter) because it was what Christ did, and it is what Charlie would do.
South 10k was the control center for all test activities and where the device was triggered. Due to deterioration, the Army dismantled South 10k in 1965, leaving only a concrete slab to mark this historic location.
David Romine, 78, is a retired rancher, construction worker and business consultant. He was raised in Athens, Ohio and has lived in New Mexico since 1979.
