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(AP) – Ted Kaczynski, the convict known as the Unabomber,
was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning. He was
81 years old.

Kaczynski was found dead around 8 a.m. at a federal prison
in North Carolina, a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told
The Associated Press. A cause of death is uncertain.

He had been moved to the federal prison medical facility in
North Carolina in December 2021 after spending two decades
in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado for a series of
bombings that targeted scientists.

Kaczynski was serving life without the possibility of parole
following his 1996 arrest at the primitive cabin (below) 
where he was living in western Montana.

Timothy James McVeigh  (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001)

Timothy McVeigh, a former U.S. Army soldier, was convicted
on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the
1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
in Oklahoma City.

On April 19, 1995, just after 9 a.m., a massive truck bomb
exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

Oklahoma City firefighter Chris Fields holds
Baylee Almon on April 19, 1995.

Mugshot of McVeigh taken after
his arrest.

In a Sacramento, California, courtroom on January 22, 1998, 
Theodore J. Kaczynski (above) pleaded guilty to all federal
charges against him, acknowledging his responsibility
for a 17-year campaign of package bombings attributed
to the “Unabomber.”

Kaczynski accepted a sentence of life in prison without the
possibility of parole in return for a plea of guilty to all federal
charges; he also gave up the right to appeal any rulings in
the case. Though Kaczynski later attempted to withdraw his
guilty plea, arguing that it had been involuntary, Judge Burrell
denied the request, and a federal appeals court upheld the
ruling. Kaczynski was remanded to a maximum-security
prison in Colorado, where he is serving his life sentence.

Police sketch of the Unabomber

On September 21, 1942, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress made its
debut flight in Seattle, Washington. It was the largest bomber
used in the war by any nation.

The B-29 was conceived in 1939 by Gen. Hap Arnold, who was
afraid a German victory in Europe would mean the United States
would be devoid of bases on the eastern side of the Atlantic from
which to counterattack. A plane was needed that would travel
faster, farther, and higher than any then available, so Boeing set
to creating the four-engine heavy bomber.

The plane was extraordinary, able to carry loads almost equal to
its own weight at altitudes of 30,000 to 40,000 feet. It also sported
the first radar bombing system of any U.S. bomber.