Editing Timothy McVeigh (section)

=== The [[The Oklahoma City Bombing|Oklahoma City Bombing]] ===
McVeigh met [[Terry Nichols]] in April 1993. The two became friends due to their similar ideals and Nichols helped teach McVeigh on how to construct [[improvised explosive device]]s. His anti-government beliefs became even more radical and he began making plans to blow up a federal building. According to McVeigh's authorized biography, he ultimately decided that he would make the loudest statement against the government by bombing a federal building.

McVeigh and Nichols constructed an ANNM explosive device mounted in the back of a rented Ryder truck. The bomb consisted of about 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) of ammonium nitrate and nitromethane. He drove the truck to the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building just as its offices opened for the day. Before arriving, he stopped to light a two-minute fuse. At 9:02am on April 19, 1995 the bomb detonated, destroying the building, killing 168, and wounding hundreds more.<ref>[https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/oklahoma-city-bombing-timeline/article_8c0a0091-d960-5d17-bb36-29d482c2a594.html Oklahoma City bombing timeline], ''Tulsa World''</ref>