A Texas man faces charges in Pennsylvania after he allegedly had two electric blasting caps in his carry-on bag at the main security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport.
colorado. the prosecution presents first and lays out a timeline of 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 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. it s 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