McVeigh's father deals with a different loss

[RedEarth]

"I'm trying to treat it like any other day. I realize what it is but..." The words stopped there.

Bill McVeigh's voice trailed off into an awkward seven-second silence. That was his response in fetching up his thoughts on the approaching 10th anniversary of the worst act of terrorism committed on American soil, the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City.

.............

And in the days following his son's execution, McVeigh has maintained roughly the same routine he's followed since he retired in 1999 as a production worker from the local radiator plant in town. "It's been as normal as possible. It ain't normal. I try to do it, but it's always there. and it's always going to be there," he said.

That routine is unremarkable. "I'm in two leagues. I golf almost every day, play those nine holes. I've got the golf leagues and bowling." Were he not the father of Timothy McVeigh, 65 year-old Bill McVeigh, would probably best be known for his meticulously groomed and lush 50-foot by 70-foot backyard garden at his modest home in upstate Pendelton, New York.

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[roguevalley]

1. there is always the families of these idiots, suffering, like lee harvey

owswalds widow and kids. SIGH! TOo sad.

[Skittles]

2. so very sad

that last quote, "Every day, I think of him almost every day." How utterly painful it must be.