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It was an act of cowardice and it was evil. It was a game changer. It remains the worst act of domestic terrorism in american history. Perpetrated by one of our own. A decorated army veteran of the first gulf war. The Oklahoma City bombing, next. Everybody, lets get out of here now. Watch the electricity lines. Watch the lines. Oh my god, hurry. Okay. Im ready. Okay. Lets go. Tammy, you can see thick black smoke billowing from the federal Court Building downtown. We are seeing literally dozens of people that are bleeding. Some of them you cant even make them out. They are so badly injured. The impact was immediate and nationwide. An explosion in Oklahoma City with worldwide implications and enormous consequences. The bombing has sent shock waves through washington. There is increased security nationwide. The pentagon has activated its emergency disaster response. It could be a contractor. It could be a wacko. It could be a professional. You dont have to be a Rocket Scientists to create this kind of bomb. As the smoke began to clear, two questions reverberated across the country, who and why . The answers would be shocking. The man behind the devastation was an american. His name, Timothy Mcveigh. Tim mcveigh was one of ours. A war hero and grew up in the suburbs of buffalo. We needed to know. It was a sense, an obligation to find out who this man was. Timothy mcveigh was born on april 23rd, 1968, in the town of lockport in upstate, new york. By all accounts, he had an ordinary childhood and adolescence. We were never told anything that would have gave you warning he was going to do Something Like this. In fact, as a teenager, he was the young man that people in the neighborhood would choose to babysit their kids. He was a good student. He was bright. Above average intelligence. Sometimes you look at the history of severe criminal conduct and theres childhood abuse or abandonment, and you can see how someone developed into it. Nothing striking in mcveighs background. But the Young Mcveigh did have a dark side. While still a teenager, he discovered the turner diaries, a venomously racist novel, about an armed insurrection led by White Supremacists against a federal government. It describes a Truck Bombing of Fbi Headquarters in washington, d. C. , shortly after 9 00 in the morning sounding very similar to what took place in Oklahoma City on april 19th, 1995. If Timothy Mcveigh was looking to make a statement, then he had succeeded in the worst way possib. Debris, glass. It looks as though Emergency Crews are on the scene. The incredible explosion that ripped apart the ninestory alfred p. Murrah Federal Building hit with the force of roughly two tons of tnt. The air inside was whipped into a turning tornado on glass shards and choking black smoke. One Floor Pancaked onto the next crushing and trapping men, Women And Children below. The roof has collapsed. The second floor held a day care center. The lucky ones staggered into the street, some barely alive. Standing by. What the heck happened . I saw a yellow flash, and then everything went pitch black. The force of the blast bent me over my desk. The whole back of the building just fell in on us. Everyone along our set of offices has back injuries, head injuries, neck, bleeding, glass. I felt pain on my left side of my face and popping noises, and it was the glass shards. They just kept falling. It was a horrible noise, horrible noise. I remember saying, god, i dont want to die today, and i dont want to die in this building. If its all right with you, id like to die later. Felt like an earthquake. Something actually shook our television station. Thats five miles away. In the first frantic minutes, no one was quite sure what had caused the explosion. Initially, we thought it might have been a Gas Explosion because we had to evacuate the office two or three weeks earlier because there was a gas leak downtown. I thought that a war had started. I thought that Oklahoma City had been bombed, that we had been attacked by another country. I thought that the explosion was an atomic blast from Tinker Air Force base. I was trying to make sense out of it. I did not think it was a bomb. They have dog teams here searching for survivors and for bodies. Scores of people have been killed outright and hundreds more injured. The blast radius encompasses a 16block area, but the murrah building is ground zero. Bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms was headquartered there. Some of its members are missing. Social security was located there, a Child Care Center was located there. Initial estimates coming in there had been perhaps a thousand people. It was staggering the potential casualties and deaths that could have been caused by this bombing. Everything around the building was still on fire. Cars across the street were on fire. The trees that were there were on fire. People at this hour are literally trapped in the Alfred Murrah building in downtown Oklahoma City. Get back. Everybody, get back. Get back. Get back. They have found a bomb in the building. 90 minutes after the blast, a new panic radiates through the streets when First Responders come across what appears to be a second bomb. The Rescue Operation is suspended and a fourblock area is quickly evacuated. It is, thankfully, a false alarm, but precious moments have been lost. By the time the rescue resumes, investigators have swarmed the area. First question has been answered, was this just a freak accidental explosion of some kind or was it intentional . We know now. It is quickly determined that the explosion at the Federal Building was caused by a truck bomb. There are certain things you can look for, particularly in the case of a large vehicle bomb. There was roughly a 32foot crater in the street. It appeared to be just about dead center of the block. Then investigators get the first big break. They learn that a rear axle housing that probably came from the truck bomb has landed around 200 yards from the bomb site. I heard something coming through the air, and i looked up and you could see this big object coming straight toward us. When it hit the car, it knocked it back to the other sets of doors back here. I looked at the front of my car, and there was an axle laying there. I looked to my wife, it was a car bomb. Early indications are the bomb was a halfton homemade bomb made of common fertilizer and fuel oil. Fortunately, the axle housing contains the trucks confidential vehicle identification number. Using that number, we were able to trace the vehicle itself and identify it as a ford motor product that had been made for ryder rental company. The Ryder Company informs the fbi this particular truck was assigned to elliotts body shop in Junction City, kansas. More than 270 miles north of Oklahoma City. Fbi agents discovered the truck had been rented two days earlier. The Rental Documents themselves showed that it was rented by a robert bob kling. We had no idea who robert kling was or whether he was a real person. An employee provides a detailed description of kling and another man he believed was with him. Who was robert kling, and why had he just murdered nearly 200 men, Women And Children . Within 24 hours, the nation would learn the stunning truth. Let there be no room for doubt. We will find the people who did this. Brewer im dramatically holding this bottle, so the light hits it just right, and people think. Wow. He knows what hes doing. When im actually pretty lost with my payroll taxes. Intuit quickbooks helps you manage your payroll taxes. Cheers. 100 accurate Payroll Tax Calculations guaranteed. 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Less than 90 minutes after the blast, about 75 miles north of Oklahoma City, state trooper Charlie Hanger stops a 1977 Mercury Marquis for not having a license plate. The driver of the car is one Timothy James mcveigh. When he got out of the car, he looked like a cleancut young man, militarytype appearance. He had a short haircut and had a Light Windbreaker jacket on zipped up at the bottom. As he removed the billfold, that jacket tightened up, and i saw a bulge that appeared to be a. A weapon, and i grabbed the bulge on the outside of his jacket, and instructed him to get his hands up and turn around at the same time i was drawing my weapon and stuck it to the back of his head. He said my weapon is loaded. I nudged him a little bit with the barrel of my weapon and said so is mine. He arrested mcveigh for carrying a concealed weapon, never imaging his prisoner is the Oklahoma City bomber. Initially, the name mcveigh Means Nothing to bombing investigators. Theyre looking for robert kling, the man who rented the ryder truck in Junction City, kansas. It seems hard to believe that all this destruction was the work of only two men. The next day, armed with sketches of kling and a suspected companion, Law Enforcement officers canvas the entire area. One agent was assigned the Dreamland Motel, and when he walked in, he talked to the owner of that particular place and he asked her, has anyone been in here that had a ryder truck with them . She said, actually, there was recently. The agent decided to show her the artist conception, and she looked at and it said that really looks like the fellow who rented room 25. He had rented the room In The Name Of tim mcveigh. The ryder rental truck had been rented In The Name Of robert kling so there was some question as to which is the true name, if either were the true name. So we do a record search through our National Crime Information Center to see if any tim mcveighs have been arrested anywhere in the United States recently. And to our surprise, we learned that a Timothy Mcveigh has been arrested in noble county which is about 75 miles north of Oklahoma City and was arrested the morning of the bombing. It turned out that he was still there, but he was getting ready to be released on bail. But we put a hold on him until our agents could get there to interview him. Was this the same Timothy Mcveigh that was at the Dreamland Motel . At this point, we dont necessarily know. Our agents tried to interview Timothy Mcveigh. When they approached him, they asked him, do you know what were here for . He said, probably about that Oklahoma City thing. And he gave us his name, rank and serial number and refused to talk to us anymore. In washington, attorney general janet reno announces the arrest. I am pleased to annoue that one of the individuals believed to be responsible for wednesdays terrible attack has been arrested. I remind everyone that John Doe Number Two remains at large. You murderer when mcveigh is taken from the local courthouse to be transported to Oklahoma City, he is met by an angry crowd and screams of baby killer. Rot in hell. Is it the act of someone which the United States government in its entire ill . I was so hoping that it was not an american. Its hard to believe americans blowing up americans. It just boggled my mind. What tim mcveigh did was the worst act of domestic terrorism in american history. The entire country was shocked and riveted that somebody could come from whitebred suburbia and commit such a hellacious act. I have a daughter thats 3, and to think shell grow up in this is scary. Investigators are certain that mcveigh is the john doe number one in the police sketch, but they still have not identified John Doe Number Two. John doe number two, if the fbi cant find him, does he exist . Fbi chief louis freeh sent him this message, there is no place on earth where you will be safe. The michigan address on mcveighs drivers license is the home of a man named james nichols. Its a critical development. Nichols brother, terry, has been Close Friends with mcveigh since they served together in the army. Like mcveigh, nichols is known to harbor antigovernment views. Terry nichols, just four days before the blast, took out a new Insurance Policy on his pickup truck. An Arrest Warrant is quickly issued, and later that same day nichols turns himself in. By now, the Rescue Operation at the murrah building has become a recovery effort. Authorities in this building behind me are coming across more bodies. The search for bodies will last for two full weeks. Most of the survivors wanted to go to most of the funerals, and thats tough going to 16 funerals, let me tell you. That was really hard, but we needed to do it. Two women are believed to be still in the building with an elderly man. Finally, on may 5th, 1995, with three victims still buried in the rubble, the search came to an end. This was not two or three people from this city or two or three people from that city. This was Oklahoma City. The terrorism was directed at the city. The terrorism was directed at its people. It was a sword at the heart of Oklahoma City. [ ] cooking and eating at home more often means food odors get trapped in your homes fabrics and released back into the air so you smell last nights dinner the next morning. For an easy way to keep your whole home smelling fresh try Febreze Fabric Refresher. Febrezes waterbased formula deeply penetrates fabrics to eliminate trapped food odors as it dries. Spray Febreze Fabric Refresher when you clean up after meals to ensure your entire home smells fresh and clean. Try Febreze Fabric Refresher. Brand power. Helping you buy better. King c. 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The question comes up, why is a nonmentally ill individual going to conduct a bombing which kills hundreds of people . I dont want people to misread what im about to say, but i was surprised at how affable and likable he appeared to be for a man who had killed 168 people in cold blood. Reporters dan herbeck and lu michelle spent more than 70 hours interviewing mcveigh trying to gain some insight into what led him to become a domestic terrorist. By all accounts, an early Turning Point for mcveigh comes in 1988 when he joins the army. While stationed at ft. Benning, georgia, he and his roommate Michael Fortier bond with their Platoon Leader Terry Nichols over a distrust of the federal government. Mcveigh took an instant liking to him, and he loved hearing nichols spout off about his theories about government and politics. Mcveigh serves during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and is awarded a bronze star for valor. During his service, he kills at least two enemy combatants. One thing he did brag about in saudi arabia in war, he was a gunner on a bradley and told me one time about when he was shooting at a bunker and a guy came out waving his hands trying to surrender and stuff, and mcveigh started shooting at him with. 25 millimeter. He said it was 1,100 meters and the first round hit the guy in the head. After returning from the war, mcveigh hopes to join the Special Forces but quits because hes physically unprepared. One of mcveighs goals from early on in entering the army was Special Forces. When it didnt work out for him with the Special Forces, he lost his focus. Mcveigh is discharged from the army on december 31st, 1991. He begins to drift around the country taking odd jobs and attending gun shows. He was totally against any kind of gun control. He was totally in favor of government leaving people alone, letting them do what they want to do. Distrust of a large Central Government goes back to our independence. Its written into our constitution. The problem is when its taken to its extremes, and Timothy Mcveigh was the extreme of that ideology. But he doesnt seem to be destructive until two tragic events in the early 1990s incite mcveigh to embrace violence. In august 1992, deputy u. S. Marshals and fbi agents are involved in a deadly confrontation in Northern Idaho with an alleged white supremacist named randy weaver. Weaver is suspected of selling illegal firearms. During an 11day standoff, weavers son, his wife and a deputy u. S. Marshal are killed. Then on february 28th, 1993, following a gun battle between the atf and members of a religious group called the Branch Davidians, Federal Agents Lay Siege to the groups compound near waco, texas. A suspected cache of illegal weapons is at the center of the controversy. Mcveigh was just absolutely in a rage over both of those incidents, but the one thing that pushed him Over The Edge and turned him into a terrorist was the waco incident. At one point, mcveigh drives to waco to observe the siege. He went and parked his car nearby and he was selling antigovernment pamphlets, giving interviews to at least one reporter back then about how much he distrusted the u. S. Government. During an assault by the fbi on april 19th, the Branch Davidian compound is engulfed by fire. At least 76 men, Women And Children die during the inferno. Mcveigh told us that he was convinced that the u. S. Government purposely murdered Women And Children at the waco compound. It was all part of an effort to destroy gun rights in america. The triggering moment was waco. He was there, and he decided that the government had gone too far. He was going to start his own war. And the first strike would be aimed at the heart of the country. For mcveigh and his army buddy Terry Nichols, targeting a Government Building was dramatic and symbolic. They chose the alfred p. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City which housed 14 federal agencies, including the secret service, the dea, and the atf. Mcveigh believed that his bombing would be the opening salvo in a conflict against an illegitimate tyrannical federal government that needed to be brought down to its knees. Of pr. Those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks Sighs Wearily here ill take that excited yell woohoo ensure max protein. With thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and nutrients to support immune health. After 40, we need antiaging care that works. Revitalift night serum with pure retinol from loreal. In a clinil test 100 of women showed reduction of wrinkles. Even deep wrinkles. Revitalift night serum with pure retinol from loreal paris. Getting the incredible iphone 13 without tmobile, makes as much sense as playing hideinseek. Ready or not, here i come. In the desert. Really guys . Tmobile has more 5g bars in more places. And now, when you switch, you can get iphone 13 on us at tmobile. On august 10th, 1995, a Federal Grand Jury charges Timothy Mcveigh and Terry Nichols with 11 criminal counts, including 8 counts of murder. That figure is based upon the number of federal Law Enforcement officials killed in the blast. On april 24th, 1997, two years after the bombing, mcveighs trial begins in denver, colorado. The prosecution presents first and lays out a timeline of events that led up to the bombing. By mid1994, mcveigh and nichols, along with their army friend Michael Fortier, were ready to put their 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, the oxidizer with the fuel and you have an explosive mixture. 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 Miael Fortier Go 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 picks april 19th the date. Known as patriots day, its revered by many in the right wing antigovernment movement. On april 19th, you have the first shot fired at lexington in the american revolution. On that day, waco occurs in 1993. And then two years later, mcveigh blows up his truck bomb in front of the murrah building. At some point, fortier decides to not take part in the bombing. In fact, in a later plea bargain, he will agree to testify against his coconspirators. In march 1995, mcveigh creates a fake drivers license with the name robert d. Kling and a birth date of april 19th, 1972. On april 14th, mcveigh buys the yellow 1977 Mercury Marquis from a used car dealer in Junction City, kansas. The next day, mcveigh reserves the ryder truck from elliotts body shop using the robert d. Kling alias. On april 16th, mcveigh and nichols drive the mercury to Oklahoma City. Mcveigh parks it several blocks away from the murrah building. He removes the License Plates from the car and leaves a note. Not abandoned. Please do not tow. Will move by april 23rd. Needs battery and cable. Two days later, mcveigh and nichols rendezvous at Geary Lake State Park near Junction City where they assemble the bomb in the truck. The Ammonium Nitrate and fuel would have been mixed in some barrels, something akin to a 55gallon plastic barrel. Those barrels were then likely connected with this detonating cord which led to the boosters. And ultimately that detonating cord would have come together where the detonators or Blasting Caps were. But at the last minute, Terry Nichols, like Michael Fortier, bails out. As time grew near to the time of the bombing, nichols got cold feet. He decided he didnt want to do that. He decided that was going too far. Mcveigh screamed at him, threatened him, may have threatened to kill him. On the morning of april 19th, mcveigh, now on his own, drives the ryder truck into Oklahoma City. At 8 57 a. M. , Security Cameras at the Regency Tower Apartment Building a few blocks west of the Murrah Building Catch the ryder truck parked across the street. Investigators surmise this is when mcveigh lights the first fuse. A few minutes later, mcveigh moves the truck up, lights the second fuse and parks on the north side of the murrah building. He then exits the truck and begins walking rapidly to the yellow mercury parked four blocks away. At the Federal Building, the workday is starting. Hundreds of people are already inside. Explosion downtown. About a third of the building has been blown away. The whole front of the Federal Building is gone. Mcveigh is only two blocks away when the bomb detonates, but he makes it to the getaway car and heads north on Interstate 35 where he is soon stopped for driving a vehicle without tags. Among the items found after his arrest is a Business Card for a military supply store. On the back is a handwritten note, tnt at 5 a stick, need more. Theres no question in my mind that Timothy Mcveigh wanted to get caught, wanted to become a martyr. Wanted the u. S. Government to execute him. He left a trail of breadcrumbs for federal agents. He was seeking the deluxe suicidebycop execution package. Some people say if you want to see america, see it on the 4th of july. 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If you have one or more of these symptoms irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue or lightheadedness, contact your doctor. This is no time to wait. As nearly 2,500 news people begin to settle in for the trial outside the federal courthouse, so is the city of denver. During his trial, Timothy Mcveigh does not deny that he set the truck bomb. He instructs his lawyers to use a necessity defense, that he acted in selfdefense against an oppressive federal government. Mcveigh looked at the federal trial as a multimilliondollar soapbox for his antigovernment views. Said he felt he had no choice but to blow up a building and kill 168 people. Is everything still all right . Great. You have no complaints . Nothing. They resolve every problem that i bring up. Okay. So the situation here is a lot better than it was . Day and night. Good, good. In his distorted world view, his actions were a justifiable response to what he called violence perpetrated by the government against its own people. Defense Attorney Stephen Jones knew a Necessity Case was unwinnable so he chose a different course, arguing that mcveigh was only part of a much larger conspiracy. The greatest mystery of the Oklahoma City bombing case is who else, besides tim mcveigh, Terry Nichols, and Michael Fortier were involved . Because there were most assuredly others. Much of the speculation centered on the man reportedly seen with mcveigh at the truck rental company. Known as John Doe Number Two, the description did not fit either Terry Nichols or Michael Fortier. Investigators concluded that John Doe Number Two never existed. We found a gentleman that had been in there that generally fit the description of John Doe Number Two, but it turned out it had been on a different day. Hed been in there with a friend that had rented a ryder truck. So we now realize it was a misidentification of people transposing two different events and putting two different occurrences together. Mcveigh swore to us over and over again that there was no John Doe Number Two. No one was with him on the day of the bombing. The biggest misconception out there about the Oklahoma City bombing, in my view, is this is something that sprang from the brain of Timothy Mcveigh, was masterminded by Timothy Mcveigh and substantially carried out by Timothy Mcveigh with a little bit of help from Terry Nichols. If there were other people involved with the bombing, who were they . Some believe there may have been a connection between mcveigh and elohim city, a socalled christian Identity Community in northeastern oklahoma, about 170 miles from Oklahoma City near the arkansas border. Christian identity is essentially a religion that says white anglosaxon americans are the true Children Of Israel and jews are subhuman and essentially black people are not even human at all. During the early 1990s, a number of far right extremists had reportedly spent time in elohim city. This was an interesting time. You had a number of antigovernment groups that were taking shape, arming themselves, building compounds throughout the country, establishing their own laws. Really setting themselves apart from mainstream cities and locations on purpose and believing, then, that not only people of other faiths or ethnicities or nationalities were the enemy, but that the United States government was the biggest enemy. The question that recurs is, what was the connection between tim mcveigh and elohim city . Tim mcveigh said he never went there. There are people, however, who claim to have seen mcveigh at elohim city. And probably the strongest evidence that he was there is a ticket he received from an Arkansas Highway Patrolman about four miles into arkansas from oklahoma on a road that takes you straight to elohim city. So if he wasnt at elohim city, where was he . Timothy mcveigh made some calls to elohim city. He drove near the area, we know, but beyond that, any connection to elohim city or the notion that there were others involved is speculation heaped on top of speculation. But even assuming others were involved, why would mcveigh so strongly insist that he acted alone . With help only from nichols and fortier . He believed that, in lying, he would protect the others so they wouldnt be convicted. And he spun a series of lies to shield the other side. I think its possible that there were other people that helped along the way but did not know they were helping with the bombing. But i believe that the only ones who actually knew what they were working on were the three men that were punished by the government. Mcveigh, fortier, and nichols. We got him. Two years and 44 days after the worst Terrorist Attack on United States soil, a verdict has been rendered in the Bombing Trial of Timothy Mcveigh. Reporter on june 2nd, 1997, Timothy Mcveigh is found guilty on all 11 counts of murder and conspiracy. He is sentenced to death. Outside the courthouse in denver, tears, smiles, and all emotions in between. Reporter later that year, on december 24th, Terry Nichols is also convicted. He is currently serving life at the federal Supermax Prison in colorado. For cooperating, Michael Fortier receives a 12year sentence. He is now part of the witness protection program. People are going to remember Timothy Mcveigh as a murderer, not a martyr. Reporter on june 11th, 2001, Timothy Mcveigh is put to death at the Federal Correctional Complex in tara haute, indiana. 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Its just a positive thing that came out of a negative situation that we want people not to forget but realize if a bad thing happens, you can get through it. Reporter claudia and jim dennys children brandon and rebecca were two of six kids in the Daycare Center who survived the blast. Rebecca was in the hospital for ten days, released in pretty decent shape. She looked horrible but she was in pretty good shape. Brandon, in 1995, spent 126 days hospitalized. The first 45 days, he had four major Brain Surgeries they could not tell me for 45 days, if brandon would live. Th they informed us that if he did survive, he would more than likely never walk or talk again. But we have a young man who is now 21 years old, and hes a walking, talking example of what miracles are all about. Reporter the Oklahoma City bombing remains the worst domestic terrorist act in american history. It changed the country in ways that are still being felt. People forget how different the world was when the bombing happened. And i think its feelings of safety and security because if it can happen in Oklahoma City, it can happen anywhere. If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone. We became a more cautious society. Barriers went up around Federal Buildings. You have more security. The seeds of Homeland Security were actually planted by Timothy Mcveigh. There were other changes, as well. The attack led to Significant Engineering Improvements that allowed buildings to better withstand excessive forces, whether manmade or natural. And legislation passed in the wake of the disaster has given greater voice to the victims and families left behind by attacks like the Oklahoma City bombing. Timothy mcveigh believed that he was gonna cause people to rise up and rebel against their government. This was gonna be the start of the revolution. And what happened was the total opposite. You saw a community in total support of its Law Enforcement, of its firemen, of its government. It shows that when we put our hearts and our minds together, we can make something good happen out of something terrible. Reporter but resilience alone cant protect against every threat. Events continue to demonstrate that free societies must remain vigilant. The tragic bombing that killed three and injured 250 at the 2013 Boston Marathon is a stark example. Almost certainly by coincidence, it happened on patriots day. Virtually 18 years to the day after Timothy Mcveigh attacked Oklahoma City. He was a brilliant mathematician who hated society. He was extremely smart but socially awkward. He started fantasizing about killing people. The unibomber left his angry mark of death. He orchestrated a vicious bombing spree that killed three, maimed four, and injured 19 others. In all, 16 bombs. Their locations all over the United States. I began to think, i may not make it. His base of operations was crude. The cabin was a bomb factory. But his devices were hideously lethal. Matches, pieces of wood, nails. That is an antipersonnel