168 people were murder. what is he doing today? mike cam fortier is a free man. fortier claimed he didn t think mcveigh would carry out the bombing plan. he agreed to a plea-bargain, testifying against mcveigh and nichols. served in prison and released almost a decade age he has a new identity and new hometown because he is in the federal witness protection program. fortier still occasionally calls his lawyer can you tell us where he is living? what his name is? no. he is still married? yes. to the same woman? yes. he has children? yes. how many children? two. does he live a normal life? no. he ll never be able to live a there mall life. in the witness protection program, you are given a new identity. presumably his neighbors don t know anything about his background. that s the way it works. i can t comment. when high is not living a normal life because of the traumas of the past or things
sheered away. one week after the bombing and timothy mcveigh s arrest, michael fortier talked in kingman, arizona. i do not believe that tim blew up any building in oklahoma. there was nothing for me to look back upon and say, oh, yeah, that, might have been, i should have seen it back then. there is nothing like that. reporter: every one of the word a complete lie. michael mcguire would soon become fort tichier s attorney. timothy mcveigh executed in 2001. accomplice terry nichols in prison. and michael fortier neither of the things. in fact a secret where he is. how is that possible. a man who admitted to knowing about the plan, admitted casing
the site with mcveigh who knew how the bomb was built and where explosive material was purchased. how is it he is not now in prison it? is to say at the least controversial. and complicated. his lawyer illustrated these charts back in 1995, as fortier told him what he knew. this diagram is the actual diagram that tim drew on a piece of paper. what he called a shape charge. the barrels of explosives. this is how they would be set inside the truck. a number of small children being carried, bleeding heavily from the face. the deadliest home grown terrorist attack in u.s. history. 168 people killed, including 19 children to. day the site of the murrah building is a memorial. michael fortier could have taken information, told authorities and stopped the bombing plot in its tracks he chose not to do so.