tim was born into a working-class family just north of buffalo, new york. it s a hard-working community of blue-collar folks. his father, his grandfather worked at an auto plant. the family he was born into was very typical american. timothy mcveigh was the first son in that family. he d had an older sister and then later, a younger sister came along. growing up, to me, i was taught with my family that even getting a speeding ticket was like a sin-type thing. it wasn t this religious thing. i don t want to say sin in a religious tone. i mean like any breaking of the law is bad, tim. you should never break the law. an energetic, generally happy kid, mcveigh did not see too much of that joy inside his own home. his parents, bill and mickey, were constantly at odds with one another. his parents didn t mesh together very well. mickey, i think she wanted
mcveigh s. nichols was a bit player. but who was this man and what made him become the terrorist to go on and kill 168 innocent people? i take full responsibility for all my actions and for who i am. i am not looking in any way, shape or form to bring anything on my parents or my upbringing. tim was born into a working class family just north of buffalo, new york. the family he was born into was very typical american. timothy mcveigh was the first son in that family, he d had an older sister and then later a younger sister came along. growing up to me, i was taught with my family that even getting a speeding ticket was like a sin type thing. it wasn t this religious thing. i don t want to say sin in a religious tone. i mean like any breaking of the law is bad, tim. you should never break the law.
from the beginning the plan was mcveigh s. nichols was a bit player. but who was this man and what made him to become the terrorist to kill 168 incident people? i take full responsibility for all my actions and for who i am. i am not looking for any way, shape or form to blame my parents or my upbringing. tim was born into a working class family and just north of buffalo, new york. the family he was born into was very typical american. timothy mcveigh was the first son in that family. he had an older sister and then later a younger sister came along. growing up to me i was taught with my family that even getting a speeding ticket was like a sin type thing. it was not a religious thing, i don t want to say sin in a
the family he was born into was very typical american. timothy mcveigh was the first son in that family. he d had an older sister and then later a younger sister came along. growing up to me, i was taught by my family that even getting a speeding ticket was a sin-type thing. it wasn t a religious thing. i mean any breaking of the law is bad, tim. you should never break the law. after graduating from high school, mcveigh attends a local business college but gives it up after only one year. he is restless and looking for focus. he wanted excitement. he comes home. he tells his father, i m joining the army, dad. his father says, when? well, i go in tomorrow. and bill said okay. in the spring of 1988 mcveigh chops off his hair and is ship dound to ft. benning, georgia,
timothy mcveigh was the first son in that family. he d had an older sister and then later, a younger sister came along. growing up, to me, i was taught with my family that even getting a speeding ticket was like a sin-type thing. it wasn t this religious thing. i don t want to say sin in a religious tone. i mean like any breaking of the law is bad, tim. you should never break the law. an energetic, generally happy kid, mcveigh did not see too much of that joy inside his own home. his parents, bill and mickey, were constantly at odds with one another. his parents didn t mesh together very well. mickey, i think she wanted something bigger, something better, and just wanted to be free. the sisters and tim were put in a very difficult situation when the family broke up. the sisters decided to go with the mom, and she moved down to florida. and tim said, no, i m staying with dad.