UNITED STATES: OKLAHOMA CITY RESIDENTS IN SOMBRE MOOD AHEAD OF EXECUTION OF BOMBER TIMOTHY MCVEIGH

Record ID: 338094

  • Title: UNITED STATES: OKLAHOMA CITY RESIDENTS IN SOMBRE MOOD AHEAD OF EXECUTION OF BOMBER TIMOTHY MCVEIGH
  • Date: 10th June 2001
  • Summary: (W8)OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 10, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. PAN FROM MEMORIAL SITE TO CHURCH 0.12 2. TILT FROM FEDERAL BUILDING DEBRIS TO CROSS ON CHURCH 0.18 3. SLV: CONGREGATION LISTENING TO CHOIR 0.24 4. SV: CHOIR SINGING/ CONGREGATION (2 SHOTS) 0.41 5. PAN DOWN FROM VIDEO SCREEN AT CHURCH READIN
  • Embargoed: 25th June 2001 13:00
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  • Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVAIJWACRSLKWQASJEQ54A42STR
  • Story Text: There was a sombre look on the faces of those visiting
    the site of the worst act of terrorism on U.S soil on Sunday.

    Citizens of Oklahoma made their way to church and Timothy
    McVeigh, the man who detonated the two-ton bomb that killed
    168 people, was definitely on their minds, although his name
    was left unmentioned.


    At a Methodist church that was heavily damaged by the
    explosion, services on Sunday (June 10) avoided mentioning
    McVeigh.

    But Reverand Nick Harris, pastor of First Church, where
    relatives waited and prayed for days while rescuers searched
    the debris, devoted his sermon to justice. "You see, in God's
    system of justice, if some sins - someone must die," he told
    the congregation.

    Paul Heath, who was hurt in the blast and helped design
    the bombing memorial, said of the execution, "There is going
    to be a huge sigh of relief for everybody."
    Dozens of people were gathered at the memorial on Sunday,
    many carrying babies and taking pictures. Some murmured
    prayers. Others cried.

    "I have never been to an execution before, and I hope to
    never go to another one. But I feel like it will be nerve
    racking, someone is going to die, even though I think he
    should above anyone for what he did," said Sue Ashford as she
    was leaving for Indiana to witness the execution.

    "They are saying on TV that he halfway apologised, but I
    didn't take that as an apology at all, and when you state that
    these children were collateral for this -- I'm ready for him
    to go," she said.


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