1. Near the rear wall of the U.S. embassy. Nairobi citizens rush to the rubble of the Ufundi House office building to search for survivors on August 7, 1998. Author’s collection.
2. Colleague Riz Khaliq and I pass a marine guard in front of the U.S. embassy after escaping the Cooperative Bank Building together on August 7, 1998. Author’s collection.
3. The author’s parents, Dufie and Gerry Bushnell, enjoy Nice, France, in 1950. Author’s collection.
4. Susan and Prudence on ship to Germany, 1950. Author’s collection.
5. Susan and Prudence dressed for a day in school in Vaucresson, France, 1956. Author’s collection.
6. Susan and Prudence on Easter Sunday in Vaucresson, 1960. Author’s collection.
7. Family photo on Christmas Day in Karachi, Pakistan, 1960. Clockwise: Gerry, Susan, Prudence, Peter, and Jonathan Bushnell. Author’s collection.
8. Chargé d’affaires in Dakar, Senegal, cutting the cake at the Marine Corps Ball in November 1990. Author’s collection.
9. Duncan Musyoko, ambassador’s driver, and the burgundy Cadillac, 1997. Author’s collection.
10. Farewell to Americans killed in the bombing. Standing next to Foreign Minister Boyana Godana, August 10, 1998. Author’s collection.
11. Walking away after laying a wreath at the bomb site after the Israeli Defense Forces completed their search and rescue mission, August 15, 1998. This photograph won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalism. Permission granted by photographer John McConnico.
12. Secretary Albright’s visit to downtown Nairobi, August 18, 1998. Author’s collection.
13. Holding the inscribed Ka-Bar knife presented by a gunnery sergeant at the Marine Corps Ball, November 1998. Author’s collection.
14. Greeting U.S. Secretary of Commerce William Daley with Kenyan Minister of Commerce Joseph Kamotho in December 1998. Author’s collection.
15. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in her garden, August 1997. Author’s collection.
16. Memorial park. The names of those who died in the Nairobi bombing on August 7, 1998, are inscribed on the wall surrounded by bricks. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS: ZWEIFEL.
17. Colleagues and families of those who died on August 7, 1998, line up to view memorial fountain at Remembrance and Recognition Ceremony, January 1999. Author’s collection.
18. With Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Susan Rice and George Mimba, president of the Foreign Service Nationals Association, at Remembrance and Recognition Ceremony, January 1999. Author’s collection.
19. Farewell gift of a wooden giraffe presented at the Nairobi embassy surprise farewell party, May 1999. Author’s collection.
20. Women’s Community Banking Group in Tecpan, Guatemala, spring 2000. Author’s collection.
21. Richard Buckley, aka Don Ricardo, with women’s group in Guatemala, spring 2000. Author’s collection.
22. Reverend Jesse Jackson’s visit to the Rift valley to call for peace, January 1998. Author’s collection.
23. Dressed up by the women of Lamu, Kenya, in June 1998. Author’s collection.
24. Dressed up by women of eastern Kenya in June 1998. Author’s collection.
25. Dressed up by Masai women in May 1998. Author’s collection.
26. On a field trip with U.S. and Kenyan militaries, 1998. Fatigues and boots courtesy of a Marine Corps field general. Author’s collection.
27. Dressed for the Marine Corps Ball with Top Spouse, Richard Buckley, November 1997. Author’s collection.
28. President Daniel arap Moi attends the July 4, 1998, celebration. Author’s collection.
29. Arlington Cemetery marker dedicated to the memory of those who died on August 7, 1998. Department of State photograph.