Everyday life seems normal but in the mind of an ill person, it is a whole different story. When people think of getting revenge, they do not think of what will happen in the long run. A variety of thoughts come to a person’s mind when they are angry. They think of the worst, possible things that they could do and they do it. Usually people who commit the most violent crimes, like murder and assault, have something wrong with their psychology. Some people believe that Timothy McVeigh was mentally unstable when he decided to do the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Many people live a hard life in this world and one of them was Timothy McVeigh. He “was the middle child in a blue-collar family in rural New York state” (“McVeigh”). McVeigh’s parents got …show more content…
“He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1988 and proved to be a model soldier, earning a Bronze Star for bravery in the Persian Gulf War” (“McVeigh”). While in the Army, he became friends with Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier. “On the second day of the Twenty-one day tryout for the Green Berets, he quit and left the army altogether” (Collins).
In spite of this, he became familiar with a book called the Turner Diaries. This book goes into specific “details about the overthrow of the U.S. Government by a group of racist, anti-Semitic militiamen” Some of his comrades remember him talking to himself about the government (Velez). They say he became obsessed with this book. The crime scene investigators found a single passage in the getaway car. In this passage, “the narrator explains that the bombing was necessary to wake up America” (Cole). There was a conspiracy that the Turner Diaries was his inspiration for the …show more content…
This was the day of the Oklahoma CIty Bombing. It took place on April 19, 1995. “This was the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States until the attacks on September 11, 2001” (Casey). THis “terrorist attack” killed 168 people, nineteen of which were children, and injured 842. People from the surrounding towns could feel the blast. The event was on numerous news channels around the globe and people from surrounding states gave all the help they could . In addition to those people, “representatives from the Air Force, the Civil Air Patrol, the American Red Cross, the Oklahoma National Guard, and the Department of Civil Emergency Management were quickly on hand” (Casey). The U.S. government “speculated that there was a Middle Eastern connection to the bombing, given that the 1993 World Trade Center bombing was masterminded by Islamic terrorists” (Casey). Soon the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) got involved and found a piece of metal that turned out to be the truck axle. “It was etched with a vehicle number that was quickly traced to Junction CIty, Kansas” (Casey). They quickly identified McVeigh and they were on the hunt. Back in Oklahoma, “McVeigh was already in custody, just sixty miles away from the bomb site” (Casey). He was pulled over on interstate thirty-five for driving without a license plate. “The police officer arrested him for carrying a concealed weapon” (Casey). Just
Many people live a hard life in this world and one of them was Timothy McVeigh. He “was the middle child in a blue-collar family in rural New York state” (“McVeigh”). McVeigh’s parents got …show more content…
“He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1988 and proved to be a model soldier, earning a Bronze Star for bravery in the Persian Gulf War” (“McVeigh”). While in the Army, he became friends with Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier. “On the second day of the Twenty-one day tryout for the Green Berets, he quit and left the army altogether” (Collins).
In spite of this, he became familiar with a book called the Turner Diaries. This book goes into specific “details about the overthrow of the U.S. Government by a group of racist, anti-Semitic militiamen” Some of his comrades remember him talking to himself about the government (Velez). They say he became obsessed with this book. The crime scene investigators found a single passage in the getaway car. In this passage, “the narrator explains that the bombing was necessary to wake up America” (Cole). There was a conspiracy that the Turner Diaries was his inspiration for the …show more content…
This was the day of the Oklahoma CIty Bombing. It took place on April 19, 1995. “This was the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States until the attacks on September 11, 2001” (Casey). THis “terrorist attack” killed 168 people, nineteen of which were children, and injured 842. People from the surrounding towns could feel the blast. The event was on numerous news channels around the globe and people from surrounding states gave all the help they could . In addition to those people, “representatives from the Air Force, the Civil Air Patrol, the American Red Cross, the Oklahoma National Guard, and the Department of Civil Emergency Management were quickly on hand” (Casey). The U.S. government “speculated that there was a Middle Eastern connection to the bombing, given that the 1993 World Trade Center bombing was masterminded by Islamic terrorists” (Casey). Soon the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) got involved and found a piece of metal that turned out to be the truck axle. “It was etched with a vehicle number that was quickly traced to Junction CIty, Kansas” (Casey). They quickly identified McVeigh and they were on the hunt. Back in Oklahoma, “McVeigh was already in custody, just sixty miles away from the bomb site” (Casey). He was pulled over on interstate thirty-five for driving without a license plate. “The police officer arrested him for carrying a concealed weapon” (Casey). Just