nichols' brother, terry, has been close friends with mcveigh since they served together in the army. nichols is known to harbor anti-government views. >> terry nichols, just four days before the blast, took out a new insurance policy on his pickup truck. >> an arrest warrant is quickly issued, and later that same day nichols turns himself in. by now, the rescue operation at the murrah building has become a recovery effort. >> authorities in this building behind me are coming across more bodies. >> the search for bodies will last for two full weeks. >> most of the survivors wanted to go to most of the funerals, and that's tough going to 16 funerals, let me tell you. that was really hard, but we needed to do it. >> two women are believed to be still in the building with an elderly man. >> finally, on may 5th, 1995, with three victims still buried in the rubble, the search came to an end. >> this was not two or three people from this city or two or three people from that city. this was oklahoma city. the terrorism was directed at the city. the terrorism was directed at its people. it was

this is james nichols, the brother of terry nichols. high school the same year i did in the district next to mine. on this farm in decker, michigan, mcveigh and the nichols brothers made practice bombs before oklahoma city. terry and james were arrested in connection to the bombing. >> u.s. attorneys formally linked the nichols brothers with timothy mcveigh. officials charged james, at the tearing, and terry, who was not, for conspireing to make and possess small bombs. >> terry nichols was convicted and receive ad a life sentence. timothy mcveigh was executed. the feds didn't have the goods on james, so the charges were dropped. >> i'm glad to be free and get on with my life. >> did timothy mcveigh stay here? >> yes. longest period, three months or so. i don't know. he was a nice guy. >> decent guy? >> oh, yeah. >> they didn't find anything on this farm? >> as to what? bomb-making material? >> any explosives. >> yeah. i had blasting caps, dynamite fuse, black powder, you know, sure. diesel fuel, fertilizer. it is normal farm stuff. it

. >> this is james nickels, the brother of terry nichols. om high school the same here i did in the district next to mine. on this farm in michigan mcvay and the nichols made practice bombs. >> u.s. attorneys linked the nichols brother of michigan with timothy mcvay. >> terry was convicted and receive add life sentence. timothy mcvay was executed. but the feds didn't have the goods on james, so the charges were dropped. >> i'm just glad -- i'm just glad to be out and free so i can get on with my life. >> did timothy mcvay ever stay here? >> yes. yes. he stayed here several times. the longest period about three months or so. he was a nice guy. >> decent guy? >> oh, yeah. so they didn't find anything on this farm? >> as to what? bomb making? yeah. i had dynamite fuse, black powder, sure. diesel fuel, fertilizer, but that is normal farm stuff. that was no way connected in any way to the oklahoma city bombing or bomb making. them people, law enforcement, if you want to call them that, were here and they were shaking in their shoes. they were phys

. >> keith worked as a fireman, his dream job in the well-to-do enclave of nichols hills. terryilton served alongside keith, and if the firemen were like brothers the wives were like sisters, says terry's wife kim. >> with the fire department you became all families together. >> and keith had a good sense of humor. he was outgoing and he was really driven to succeed. >> and he did. promoted all the way to fire chief in 1991, but keith never lost his personal connection with the people he served. >> he was one of the first responders to the oklahoma city bombing. >> he was. >> that's when he worked on that lady that was trapped forever underneath the rubble, and keith wouldn't leave her. >> was he a hero in your eyes? >> oh, i think so. i was pretty proud of him as a friend for that. >> as for becky, she was a force in the community, too, working in real estate. her business often seemed more about the people than the money. >> becky had a very selfless side to her, too. there were people that i know of, that they were upside down. she even at times was known to take her own mone