i mean, do even said, he s only been here two weeks, and, you know, i m talking about something incredibly drastic here. at the same time, i said, well, if that s something i have to consider down the line, then that s something i have to consider, you know? he wasn t saying, we re going to go do this tomorrow. i said i had no reservations. i always felt right from the beginning that i was gonna lose my vehicle, even though that s not what they were teaching in the beginning. this is a powerful moment. this was in the mid-1990s. some of them had been members since 1974. 20 years in a group. 20 years in a group, living, breathing, imbibing the teachings, the doctrines, the practices of the group, and being asked at that moment, what do you think? do you want to exit with us? after that meeting, five people eventually left, including sawyer. i left in september of 94, not long after that, but not for
this off. mcveigh s plan requires the acquisition of thousands of pounds of materiels, all needing to be stored without detection. a job this big is too much for one person, so mcveigh calls on one of his only friends, ex-army buddy, terry nichols. terry nichols certainly believed the federal government was against the average person. he considered himself to be a prisoner in a country that wasn t his. beginning in september of 94 is really when they started to gather the ingredients. the both of them were buying the materiel for the bomb and collecting it. it was like a long-term project for them. because this is a 7,000-pound bomb they re building.
one of his only friends, ex-army buddy, terry nichols. terry nichols certainly believed the federal government was against the average person. he considered himself to be a prisoner in a country that wasn t his. beginning in september of 94 is really when they started to gather the ingredients. the both of them were buying the material for the bomb and collecting it. it was like a long-term project for them. because this is a 7,000-pound bomb they re building. they are going and making large purchases of ammonium nitrate in these 50-pound bags, this granular fertilizer that will make up half the bomb. they go around, they ve got various storage sites where they re storing the stuff and getting ready to pull it all together. mcveigh had nichols totally under his control. from the beginning, the plan was
person, so mcveigh calls on one of his only friends. ex-army buddy terry nichols. terry nichols believed the government was against the average person. he was a prisoner in a country that wasn t his. it s the beginning of september of 94, that s really when they started to gather the ingredients. both of them were buying the materials for the bomb and collecting it. it was like a long-term project for them. because this is a 7,000-pound bomb they are building. they are going and making large purchases of ammonium nitrate in the 50-pound bags. a granular fertilizer to make a bomb. they go around and have various storage sites where they are getting ready to pull it all together. mcveigh had nichols totally under his control.
i think what most people probably do not realize is how carefully some of the details were planned out and for how long he had been thinking about carrying this off. mcveigh s plan requires the acquisition of thousands of pounds of materials, all needing to be stored without detection. a job this big is too big for one person, so mcveigh calls on one of his only friends, ex-army buddy terry nicholls. terry nicholls certainly believed the federal government was against the average person. he considered himself to be a prisoner in a country that wasn t his. beginning in september of 94 is really when they started to gather the ingredients. both of them were buying the material for the bomb and collecting. it was like a long-term project