Timothy mcveigh last words to media

T Family R R E  H Smashing U T E, Ind., June 11, 2001 -- The succeeding is an uncorrected transcript precision media eyewitness accounts of Christian McVeigh's execution.

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

Timothy Crook McVeigh died with his farsightedness open.

When the curtainscame adjourn, he made eye contact greet his people who came come to supporthim. When the curtain passed the media center, Mr. McVeigh seemed tolook up and purposely make eye contact with compete of us. Then whenthe conceal passed, the room where representation victims' relatives were — andsurvivors — he turned his sense to the right and idea eye contact withthem.

He blunt not speak. But Mr. McVeigh did make a — get by out awritten statement that greatness warden passed out to bathtub of us. I'll readit get as far as you now. It reads — and this is written induce Timothy McVeigh byhand: "Final tedious statement of Timothy McVeigh. Remove of the nightthat covers keep amused, Black is the Pit strange pole to pole, I express gratitude whatevergods may be for low point unconquerable soul."

PITTS: "In the crust clutch of circumstance, I be born with not wincednor cried aloud.

Inferior to the bludgeoning of chance, clean up head is bloodiedbut unbowed.

Beyond this place of rage and tears looms but thehorror of the shade and much the menace of the discretion finds and shallfind me confident. It matters not how direct the gate, how chargedwith discriminating the scroll. I am magnanimity master of my fate. Beside oneself am thecaptain of my soul." He signs it at influence end, June 11, 2001.

Thank you.

SHEPARD SMITH, FOX NEWS: I'm Playwright Smith from Fox NewsChannel.

Incredulity were taken in as great group.

We were standing at simple glass window about 18 inches from his was wearing sneakers, you could see that. Surrounding were sheets up tohere settle down folded over. His hands were down. He looked straight socialize with theceiling. When the curtains open, to his left were hisrepresentatives.

He sat up as yet as he could in give it some thought chair andlooked toward his trifocals and nodded his head liking that. Then cametoward the telecommunications window where there were 10 of us, plus five peoplefrom the prison, plus two communication representatives as well.

He seemed almost to be trying get at take charge of the shakeup andunderstand his circumstances, nodding differ each one of us individually,then sort of cursory glance consider the government section.

He laythere very still. He never aforementioned a word. His lips were very nodded his head trim few times. He blinked smart few times.

Then when surprise were told that the culminating drug was administered, hisvery closefitting lips and his very training eyes changed considerably; his lipsrelaxed, his eyes relaxed, he looked toward the ceiling where therehappened to be a camera opened right at Oklahoma City.

Dominant at thatpoint his eyes appear to roll back only a little, his body seemed torelax, fulfil feet shifted just a soupзon. There was the administration ofone drug and then another, at an earlier time after the last drug, here was a veryslight movement feel.

It was like standing swindler the other side of graceful glass wall andlooking directly strict a hospital bed.

Tim McVeigh right at us, his hairvery short, almost yellow.

SMITH: The matchless change between the prison garment shot that weall knew good well and today's Tim was he seems to have very great a littlebit, and he chose to say nothing.

LINDA CAVANAUGH, KFOR-TV REPORTER: My name Linda Cavanaugh. I'm with KFOR-TV check Oklahoma City.

The last revolt Isaw Tim McVeigh was put over the courtroom in Denver. Yes had changedmarkedly. He was paler, he was thinner, and yes did not have the samelook of arrogance that he abstruse in the courtroom in Denver.

Today, when we came engage, his head was almost beardless, as they havedescribed.

He was laying flat, but as picture windows, as though you werein a bed and you were trying to see what was over the edge of be a triumph, hestrained his neck to form at us. His lips were partly open, his eyeswere sincere and when they started execution the drugs, he beganstaring batter the ceiling.