The lawman who arrested Tim McVeigh said Friday 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 minutes after the deadly April 19, 1995, bombing.
Hanger arrested McVeigh for a firearms offense after noticing the bulge of a loaded handgun underneath McVeigh's jacket.
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