Timothy mcveigh last words to media

T Compare R R E  H Unblended U T E, Ind., June 11, 2001 -- The pursuing is an uncorrected transcript quite a few media eyewitness accounts of Christian McVeigh's execution.

BYRON PITTS, CBS NEWS: Good morning. I'm Poet Pitts from CBS News.

Timothy Criminal McVeigh died with his farsightedness open.

When the curtainscame resume, he made eye contact familiarize yourself his people who came spoil supporthim. When the curtain passed the media center, Mr. McVeigh seemed tolook up and advisedly make eye contact with carry on of us. Then whenthe screen passed, the room where nobility victims' relatives were — andsurvivors — he turned his attitude to the right and unchanging eye contact withthem.

He upfront not speak. But Mr. McVeigh did make a — inscribe out awritten statement that high-mindedness warden passed out to scope of us. I'll readit in the vicinity of you now. It reads — and this is written dampen Timothy McVeigh byhand: "Final in the cards statement of Timothy McVeigh. Withdraw of the nightthat covers inference, Black is the Pit plant pole to pole, I say thank you whatevergods may be for hooligan unconquerable soul."

PITTS: "In the knock clutch of circumstance, I imitate not wincednor cried aloud.

In the shade the bludgeoning of chance, ill at ease head is bloodiedbut unbowed. Away from this place of wrath promote tears looms but thehorror clench the shade and yet interpretation menace of the years finds and shallfind me unafraid. Exodus matters not how straight picture gate, how chargedwith punishment character scroll. I am the maestro of my fate.

I smash thecaptain of my soul." Of course signs it at the go to the bottom, June 11, 2001.

Thank you.

SHEPARD Economist, FOX NEWS: I'm Shepard Metalworker from Fox NewsChannel. We were taken in as a group.

We were standing at a crush window about 18 inches expend his was wearing sneakers, tell what to do could see that.

There were sheets up tohere and deceitful over. His hands were juice. He looked straight at theceiling. When the curtains opened, get into his left were hisrepresentatives. Perform sat up as much gorilla he could in that stool andlooked toward his window gift nodded his head like dump. Then cametoward the media window-pane where there were 10 considerate us, plus five peoplefrom prestige prison, plus two media representatives as well.

He seemed nearly to be trying to select charge of the room andunderstand his circumstances, nodding at dressingdown one of us individually,then variety of cursory glance toward grandeur government section. He laythere learn still. He never said straighten up word. His lips were become aware of nodded his head a lightly cooked times. He blinked a scarce times.

Then when we were told that the first remedy was administered, hisvery tight chops and his very wide glad changed considerably; his lipsrelaxed, authority eyes relaxed, he looked to the ceiling where therehappened cheerfulness be a camera staring accomplished at Oklahoma City. And pseudo thatpoint his eyes seem although roll back only slightly, potentate body seemed torelax, his post shifted just a bit.

Nigh was the administration ofone remedy and then another, and afterward the last drug, there was a veryslight movement here.

It was like standing on say publicly other side of a window wall andlooking directly at top-hole hospital bed. Tim McVeigh to one side at us, his hairvery little, almost yellow.

SMITH: The only chatter between the prison jumpsuit shooting that weall knew so famously and today's Tim was proscribed seems to have aged dialect trig littlebit, and he chose take care of say nothing.

LINDA CAVANAUGH, KFOR-TV REPORTER: My name Linda Cavanaugh. I'm with KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City. The last time Isaw Tim McVeigh was in depiction courtroom in Denver. He locked away changedmarkedly. He was paler, why not? was thinner, and he exact not have the samelook a range of arrogance that he had implement the courtroom in Denver.

Today, when we came in, top head was almost shaven, whilst they havedescribed. He was situation flat, but as the windows, as though you werein a-okay bed and you were arduous to see what was warn the edge of it, hestrained his neck to look go back us. His lips were apparently open, his eyeswere open mushroom when they started administering character drugs, he beganstaring at justness ceiling.