Lawman who caught Timothy McVeigh speaks of arrest
The lawman who arrested Tim McVeigh said today he survived the encounter because of his old-school training and because the Oklahoma City bomber was a coward.
“I just happened to be at the right spot at the right time and things fell in place. And I was kept safe and the bad guy went to jail,” Charlie Hanger said.
Hanger was an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper when he arrested McVeigh during a traffic stop 75...
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