Essay about A Sociological Study of Timothy Mcveigh

The Oklahoma City Bombing would be considered the worst terrorist attack on America prior to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack. Just outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, on April 19th, 1995 a truck exploded, killing 168 people. 19 of those 168 being children. The explosion caused damage to 300 surrounding buildings. Oklahoma City was going through a tragedy and needed guidance from a leader.

At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a 5,000-pound bomb, hidden inside a Ryder truck, exploded just outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The explosion caused massive damage to the building and killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children (Rosenburg, 2011). On April 23, four days after the bombing, President Bill Clinton addressed the public and gave an effective, excellent speech.

On April 19, 1995, a man by the name of Timothy McVeigh carried out an attack that would leave the United States, along with other countries, devastated. At 9:02 A.M, a truck bomb explosion outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, left 168 people dead and hundreds more injured. Many people apprehend that McVeigh carried out this attack because he was mentally unstable. He was actually thinking logically. McVeigh planned out the attack based on his life experiences and by what he read in books. He retaliated against the government because of his personal beliefs and he wanted to be recognized for the bombing.

On the morning of April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder rental truck packed with explosives outside of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building more than ready to commit a mass execution that would change the state of Oklahoma forever. Until September 11, 2001 the Oklahoma City Bombing was the most vicious terrorist attack to happen in the United States. As rescue operations were finalized the death tolls were high including 19 children.. The explosion blew off the entire north wall and either destroyed or damaged buildings as far as three blocks away. McVeigh was “anti-government” and wanted revenge against the federal government for what had

Their attacks were in surprising places, places where people felt safe living by the status quo. In the case of McVeigh, violence was expected in the big cities of either coast, not in calm, mid-western Oklahoma (Linethal 15). In the case of John Brown, violence was understood to be a major deal out in the west in areas where lawlessness could not easily be deterred, not in a sleepy town in the firmly established slave state of Virginia. Because of this, both of these incidents resulted in massively increased anxieties for many (in McVeigh’s case in the US as a whole; in John Brown’s case largely amongst southern slave owners) over whether they too could end up becoming a victim. The apparent uniqueness of these events also fascinated people in a more general sense, and they expressed this newfound fascination in a variety of ways. Perhaps the most long-lasting of these ways was the development of a tourist-like curiosity of the places where these events had occurred. Harpers Ferry ended up ultimately becoming a national park, but prior to this, the armory which John Brown had captured on that fateful day had become a source of intrigue for people across the country, which resulted in it being moved out from the Ferry for a period of time. In the case of McVeigh, Oklahoma City became a place where people went to watch and observe the aftermath of tragedy (Linenthal

McVeigh's trial was set for Denver, Colorado on March 31, 1997. On June 3rd 1997, the jury found McVeigh guilty of all 11 counts, including eight counts of first degree murder in the deaths of eight federal law-enforcement agents, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, using a weapon of mass destruction, and destruction of a federal building. The jury deliberated for 23 and a half hours before rendering the verdict. In the end, McVeigh was left all alone as dozens of former best friends and family relatives testified against him (Eddy et al., 1997).

For Mike Cross, September 11 was a different story. He started out his day by going to work for Planning Systems Incorporated in Stephenville until he heard about “a plane that crashed into a tower, you didn’t know it was a terrorist attack.” Mike’s office had an irregular approach to the situation, nobody made a big deal about it. Nobody went home. “It seemed like a far off distant place of New York.” Before 9/11, “Terrorism wasn’t in the vocabulary.” After the attack, nothing went back to the way it was before. “Everything was looked through the lens of terrorism.” The trust between fellow men and coworkers was gone, lost in the past. “Everyone was viewed as suspicious… and

A truck bomb explosion occurred on April 19, 1995. Prior to 9/11, this event was the worst attack on American soil in our history because it killed or injured approximately 700 civilians. By analyzing the historical, social, and cultural perspectives, one can better understand the significance of the Oklahoma City Bombing in American history.

On June 11, 2001 the world did become a slightly better place without such a disgrace for human life was rid of this earth.Timothy McVeigh was a complete psychopath. He never showed any remorse, empathy, or sadness for what his actions have caused. A witness at the scene recalls seeing “his face drained of emotion” (Bacharach 130). He carefully and precisely planned at the execution of 168 innocent people including children who had not began their lives yet (Bragg). They had no chance; they had no choice. No one in that building did.

Timothy McVeigh was quoted the famous poem, Invictus, saying “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul”. McVeigh believed in many things; one being that government was planning to strip it’s citizens of their rights. As McVeigh hatred for the government grew so did the outcome of his actions. After the Waco Siege massacre, which involved the accidental burning of an isolated compound that took the lives of seventy-six members of a religious cult in Texas, McVeigh wrath against the government was boiling. It was at this time that McVeigh planned to carry out one of the worst terrorist attacks ever on US soil. It is often told that in the last moments of someone’s life remorse and shame are visibly expressed on an individual 's face; however, in the execution of domestic terrorist, Timothy McVeigh, that was not the case.

On May 24th 1988 Timothy took a huge step to fulfill his dream of becoming a member of the United States Special Forces. In Basic training McVeigh met an individual named Terry Nichols, Nichols was much older than most of the recruits and held his own pretty well. McVeigh and Nichols became close friends and even got stationed at Fort Riley Kansas Together. Kifner, John. (1995). Terry Nichols was one of the master minds behind the attack of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. As stated by former FBI agent "These two are birds of a feather. Each feeds off the other 's inadequacies." McVeigh and Nichols would later deploy to Iraq to fight in the Gulf War where McVeigh served as a Bradley Gunner. During his time in Iraq McVeigh was awarded the combat Infantry badge and a bronze star. Kifner, (1995).

A terrorist attack that happened in the United States that took everyone by surprise was the attack on September 11, 2001, by the Islamic group called Al-Qaeda. In the attack, there were three planes that had hit significant buildings in America. The twin towers in New York City, NY were hit first which caused many deaths. There was also a plane that was flown into the Pentagon which is located in Arlington, VA. This event in history has caused much grief with not just the families that lost someone, but also the friends, coworkers, acquaintances, and others.

In the future, to prevent events similar to the OKC bombing from happening, government facilities can mandate that drivers in drop-off zones cannot leave facility premises without their vehicle. In this case, McVeigh lit the fuses to the detonation system and left the area. Had McVeigh been unable to leave Murrah, he would have perished from his own bomb. Although this may not deter all terrorists, it could for

The suspect that goes by the name Timothy McVeigh being the age of 27 who once was an anti-government militant was found guilty for the crimes Jim Naurekas, (1995).

The attack of the Twin Towers the nine of eleven was a day to remember. The attempt consisted on hijacking four planes by nineteen members of Al-Qaeda. Of these planes, two of them were crash