Dan Herbeck co-wrote the book American Terrorist with Lou Michel about Timothy McVeigh. He graduated from St. Bonaventure University in 1978. Herbeck has been a reporter at The Buffalo News since 1978. The book by Herbeck and Michel was a New York Times bestseller in 2001. It detailed the life story of Timothy J. McVeigh, a U.S. Army veteran who grew up near Buffalo. McVeigh was convicted and put to death in connection with the 1995 Oklahoma City terrorist bombing, which killed 168 people.

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