TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Timothy McVeigh counted down his final hours Sunday in a stark isolation cell, described as confronting death in good spirits and confident he is the “victor” in his twisted one-man war against the government.
Death comes for McVeigh
Terrorist finds resolution in last moments
McVeigh spent the day in the 9-by-14-foot cell, a short walk from the execution chamber, phoning family and writing letters as he awaited death by chemical injection at 8 a.m. today.
McVeigh was sentenced to die for the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building that killed 168 people, including 19 children - the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil.
“He once told me that in the crudest of terms, it’s 168 to one,” Lou Michel, co-author of “American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & The Oklahoma City Bombing,” said Sunday on ABC’s This Week.
“He feels he is the victor,” said Michel, who will be one of McVeigh’s witnesses. “He has made his point, and he’s now going on to whatever is the next step.”
Attorney Nathan Chambers, who talked with McVeigh on Saturday and planned to meet with him Sunday, also appeared on the ABC show and described his client as in “very good spirits.”
“He was upbeat.
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