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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow will air never before heard audio tapes of right-wing domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh,  on the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombings 

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Today is the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing,  and  MSNBC's Rachel Maddow will air for the first time ever audiotapes of Timothy McVeigh.  On the tapes,  McVeigh  in his own voice  gives  his own account of why he detonated a truck filled with explosives in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. 

Prior to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks,   the bombing was our nation's worst act of domestic terror on our soil.   168 people, including more than two dozen children under the age of 6  died in the incident.   In addition,  over 800 people were injured;  and damages were estimated at $652 million.  Yet, McVeigh's recorded voice, as if speaking from the grave nearly 9 years later, tells us he feels no shame for the act. 

Maddow has said the program is designed to put anti-government extremism  in perspective.

Some victims have said they do not want to hear McVeigh's voice.    Many survivors wanted an apology from McVeigh before his death,  but it was not forthcoming.  

One psychologist who helped people escape the day of the bombing, and has founded a survivor's organization,  still has questions for McVeigh,  one of which is:  "Why did you flaunt yourself on the Thursday before the bombing? Did you get some sadistic pleasure seeing all of us alive?"  

Many are hoping the two-hour segment will provide a perspective on extremism which will go beyond McVeigh's.  

Executive director of the  National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)   Will Marling  says our media obsession with criminals "gives perpetrators prominence; it's the victims who need to be remembered."  He adds that he fears some victims, if they watch,  may be re-traumatized.    One woman who was on the stairwell  of the third floor of the Murrah building that day,  sustained multiple injuries,  and the past 15 years have brought her numerous surgeries and physical therapy.  She will not be watching tonight,  and has said that any time she has seen clips of McVeigh on television,  she has felt physcially ill.