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Events that led up to the bombing. by mid 1994, mcveigh and nichols, along with their army friend, michael fortier, were ready to put their army plan into action. mcveigh decided the most effective weapon would be a truck bomb. in september 1994, mcveigh and nichols begin stockpiling ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer often used in truck bombs. >> you combine the ammonium nitrate and fuel and you have an explosive mixture. its cheap, readily available and not particularly complicated to make. >> ove...

And 544 blasting caps they steal from a quarry in marion, kansas. then that december, mcveigh and michael fortier going to oklahoma city to case the murrah building. >> we know for certain that mcveigh examined multiple federal buildings. he, in particularly, scouted out the murrah building on multiple occasions. we know that because he took michael fortier directly to the murrah building and said after his examination of all the potential targets, this is the one he was going to hit. >> mcveigh...

>> its cheap, readily available, and not particularly complicated to make. >> over the next few months the two men start quietly gathering more components, including racing fuel, explosive charges, and 544 blasting caps they steal from a quarry in marion, kansas. then that december mcveigh and michael fortier go to oklahoma city to case the mahera building. >> we know for certain that mcveigh examined multiple federal buildings. he, in particular, scouted out the murrah building on multiple occa...

Nichols begin stockpiling ammonium nitrate. >> you combine that with the fuel, and then you have an explosive mixture. its cheap. its readily available and its not particularly complicated to make. >> over the next few months the two men start quietly gathering more components, including racing fuel, explosive charges, and 544 blasting caps they steal from a quarry in marion, kansas. then that december mcveigh and michael fortier go to oklahoma city to case the mahera building. >> we know for ce...

Ammonia nitrate, a fertilizer often used in truck bombs. >> you combine that with the fuel and then you have an explosive mixture. it is cheap, readily available and not particularly complicated to make. >> over the next few months, the two men start to quietly gather more components. including racing fuel, explosive charges, and 544 blasting caps they steal from a quarry, in marion, kansas. then, that december, mcveigh and michael fortier go to oklahoma city to case the murrah building. >> we k...

Here? >> its pretty difficult to say, tony, at this point. but i agree with fran, you look at this individual, naturally the police department wants to talk to him. but there again, if you look at the rest of the photo, the pictures of the photo, people have short sleeves on. he came out with long sleeves on, and he had a short-sleeved jersey underneath it. nobody knows at this particular point. that is definitely a person they want to talk to. will the cameras bring something additional? that r...