| Timothy McVeigh's final words issued in a hand written
statement before his passing, the 11th of June 2001. The poem "Invictus"
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods my be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
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Tim McVeigh was executed for his part in the bombing of a
federal building on April 19th, 1995 and the collateral damage that action caused. He was willing to pay the ultimate price in the fight
against government tyranny. His reason for the action; It is necessary to
fight government oppression. The target, seen below was in retaliation for the federal massacre in Waco
Texas two years earlier. And, the governments intent to outlaw gun ownership and other
rights of American citizens. As he states in his book.
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He loved computers and had a high IQ. One of his favorite movies was "Planet of the Apes," a 1968 science-fiction film in which humans are on the run from a repressive government ruled by apes.
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Exactly two years after the Waco firestorm, the world found out what McVeigh really meant. He alone was responsible for the blast, he told the authors of "American Terrorist." The 19 children killed in the bombing were "collateral damage," he said to his
biographers, meaning they were not the target.
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| McVeigh's love of guns led him to a job as a guard for an armored car service. In May 1988, he enlisted in the Army. According to his Army buddies, McVeigh was a natural, relishing in the discipline and hard work the military demands. After serving in the Persian Gulf War, he left the Army at the end of 1991 |
On April 19, 1995, former U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy McVeigh exploded a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
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After the Army, McVeigh started traveling the gun-show circuit and voicing anger at a government he believed was trying to take away his rights and weapons. He journeyed to Waco, Texas, during federal agents' siege of the Branch Davidian compound in 1993. He told a reporter the standoff was just the beginning and that Americans would never give up their guns
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Since his arrest and trial, the public has seen little of McVeigh except for an interview he gave "60 Minutes" in March 2000 and a few photographs released by his lawyers.
After evidence of FBI misconduct in not providing evidence to the defense during
his trial, his execution date was delayed. However, he was executed the
11th of June, 2001.
May he rest in peace, and may God bless Timothy McVeigh
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