There is now another time that some people will commemorate in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing. At 7:14am cst McVeigh was executed by lethal injection at the Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute, IN - the first execution there since the 1960's.
Once again he gave no satisfaction to the survivors by not apologizing and not giving a last statement just before he died - only giving a written statement consisting of the poem "Invictus" - which in my opinion, just shows more arrogance and defiance on his part. I wonder if he feels...make that felt...he will be seen as a martyr by not apologizing and by taking full responsibility for this? I am sure there will be people who will hold him in that regard, but I think that there are a majority of people that think that he is now suffering in hell. Personally, I think he should have been made to suffer alone, 23 hours a day, in his 9'X12' concrete room for the rest of his life, slowly going even more crazed as time went on and not been allowed to take the easy way out by going to sleep for the rest of his life.
I do not think this will bring closure to some of the victims since there will always be holidays, etc that their loved ones will not be present at, but maybe they will feel that this chapter is closed and the "eye for an eye" has been fulfilled and they can move forward. But here in Oklahoma City, so many people do not think that he acted alone, and will continue to look for "John Doe #2" that it will never be closed. I do not think that it should ever be forgotten, but I don't think it should always be in the forefront of everyone's mind.
This part is over and hopefully we can stop being the focus of the Nation's eyes, as we have been ever since 9:02am April 19th, 1995.