Editing Timothy McVeigh (section)

=== Death ===
On June 11, 2001, McVeigh was strapped into the gurney in the Terre Haute execution chamber. McVeigh stated that his only regret was that the Murrah Building wasn't completely leveled by his bomb, and also quoted the final stanzas of the poem "Invictus": "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul". At 7:14am central time McVeigh was pronounced dead.<ref>[https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/timothy-mcveigh-death Timothy McVeigh's Death: The Final Days of the Oklahoma City Bomber], ''A&E''</ref>

Due to a law signed by President Clinton in 1997 to keep people convicted of certain crimes from being buried in military cemeteries McVeigh was ineligible for burial in a military cemetery despite having been honorably discharged. He was cremated and the ashes given to his lawyer who scattered them in an undisclosed location.