Charles and Brick Town

This is the back side of the Regency Apartments the red circle is my apartment on the 18th floor, same floor as Bailey Almond and the Coverdale boys, my neighbor was this old man by the name of Charles a very interesting character to say the least! his face told a million stories with it being as leathered like a suit case, he claimed to have been a retired jazz band musician from the early days of Oklahoma Cities Deep Deuce era located just east of down town. This area is now part of Brick Town the entertainment district. In 1995 the area had not revived itself yet, the city was in the process of selling off old ware houses to be converted into restaurants, bars and gift shops! Today, Brick Town is the place to be in Oklahoma City.

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When I visit

I’ve decided that every time I visit the Okc Memorial which I do often I’ll do my normal routine which is leave a penny and fulfill a lifetime promise to so many people I know! I will also randomly pick out someone for a hug and a photo. I think it sounds pretty cool! I got the idea from a previous trip up from Dallas to Oklahoma City with my wife! she has this knack for me to tell my story which for the most part I do when people want to listen! But, this last time a little old lady from Iowa came up and grabbed me by the arm and ask me to walk with her! she was so tiny and sweet! Anyway, as we walked through the memorial she ask me (Do you know what happened here son?) I just smiled and said nothing and for once I listened.

Oklahoma City Bombing My Story

I’m going to start a series of photo’s for you showing the Oklahoma City bombing these are pictures that have been giving to me over the past few years! The first picture is the Apartment building I lived in The Regency Tower which is located at 333 NW 5th , North West of the Murrah Building. At the time of the bombing I lived on the 18th floor apartment 1813 ironically the same address of the house I lived in during my high school years.

Oklahoma City bomber Timothy J. McVeigh told me he did not know what he would encounter on the other side, once the chemicals from the lethal injection killed him. But on the chance the Pendleton native had an express ticket to hell, he defiantly said he would be in the company of many generals and world leaders who murdered their opposition. As the first and only journalist to repeatedly interview McVeigh face to face, my job was to keep him talking. My colleague Dan Herbeck and I needed every scintilla of his thought process, no matter how outrageous, so that we could provide a window into the worst domestic terrorist in U.S. history. We were working on writing a book, “American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing.” Time was sh McVeigh had a date with the executioner. He had been convicted of delivering a homemade, 7,000-pound truck bomb that killed 168 innocent people and wounded more than 800 in and around the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Buil

The Oklahoma City Bombing

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