Saturday, will be the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and a new sign will be going up in Oklahoma to honor the man who arrested the terrorist.

At 9:02AM on April 19th, 1995 the worst act of homegrown terrorism in American history took place. A truck was placed near the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It was rigged to blow at 9:02 filled with agricultural fertilizer, diesel fuel, and other chemicals. 168 people died on that day and hundreds more were injured when the bomb went off. The building had a daycare inside of it and 19 children were killed in the blast.

The FBI did an investigation after the bombing and determined that the truck was rented by a man named Timothy McVeigh. The FBI figured out it was McVeigh on April 21, when they put out a warrant for his arrest. They were shocked to find out, McVeigh was arrested just over an hour after the bombing on April 19th by an Oklahoma State Highway Patrol.

After abandoning the truck with the makeshift bomb inside, McVeigh had a getaway vehicle parked away from the blast radius. Apparently, this car did not have a license plate on it and that lead to McVeigh being pulled over by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lieutenant Charlie Hanger. Lieutenant Hangar said McVeigh told him he had a concealed weapon on him which lead to him being placed under arrest. 

Where McVeigh was Pulled Over Will be Named after Lieutenant Hangar

Tomorrow on April 18th, Mile Marker 202 on I-35 near Perry, Oklahoma will be named after the now retired Lieutenant Hanger. This was the spot where McVeigh was placed under arrest. McVeigh would have been on the run for almost 48 hours before people realized he was the one who did this horrific crime. If it wasn't for Lieutenant Hanger, who knows where McVeigh would have gotten to.

Timothy McVeigh was executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001 in Indiana. He was brought up on 160 state offenses and 11 federal offenses, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction. He was found guilty on all counts in 1997 and sentenced to death. Most of the time, people sit on death row for a lot longer than four years. McVeigh refused appeals or stays of execution which is what lead to him being put to death in 2001.

Located at 620 North Harvey Avenue is the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. 168 markers were placed to honor the victims of this tragedy. For those who want more information on what happened on this day, they're planning an event for the 30th anniversary on Saturday. You can get more information on their site.