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It's April 19, 1995.

60 miles north of Oklahoma City, an old yellow sedan comes gliding through a stretch of empty highway.

It's mid-morning and quiet on the open road, with nothing but farmland and flat terrain as far as the eye can see.

It's the kind of place where you can lay down and walk.

It's the kind of place where you can lay your foot on the pedal and probably get away with it.

But the man behind the wheel isn't taking any risks.

He looks down at the speedometer.

He's only going about two miles an hour over the speed limit, slow enough that he shouldn't be drawing any attention from law enforcement.

And right now, even a minor brush with a highway patrolman is the last thing he needs.

About 90 minutes ago, the man driving this car, Timothy McVeigh,

executed one of the most brazen crimes in American history.

McVeigh parked a moving truck full of explosives in front of a federal building in downtown Oklahoma City.

He lit a fuse and hopped out of the truck and began walking in the other direction.

Two minutes later, McVeigh was knocked off his feet by the blast.

He didn't see the damage, but judging by the sound and force of the explosion, McVeigh was sure he brought down the entire building.

He probably killed hundreds.

McVeigh knows some people are going to call this a terrorist attack, claiming that innocent people lost their lives.

But McVeigh believes that's just a cost of war.

There are always going to be casualties when you're fighting a righteous cause.

As far as McVeigh sees it, nothing is more righteous or more just than his campaign against the federal government.

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