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The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack carried out on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. The 1,336 lb (606 kg) urea nitrate – hydrogen gas enhanced device [1] was intended to make North Tower collapse onto the South Tower , taking down both ...
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May 23, 2024 · World Trade Center bombing of 1993, terrorist attack in New York City on February 26, 1993, in which a truck bomb exploded in a basement-level parking garage under the World Trade Center complex. Six people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured in what was at that time the deadliest act of terrorism perpetrated on U.S. soil.
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- The bomb blasted a massive crater several stories deep underneath the World Trade Center. Loaded with around 1,300 pounds of urea nitrate (an explosive material made from fertilizer) and hydrogen gas cylinders, along with cyanide, the bomb exploded inside a yellow Ryder van parked on the B-2 level of the parking garage under the North Tower.
- While searching through 4,000 pounds of rubble, investigators found a key clue about its perpetrators. Within minutes of the explosion, members of the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) headed to the World Trade Center, where they would coordinate an investigation including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and New York Police Department (NYPD) among other federal, state and municipal government agencies.
- By the time the towers reopened in late March 1993, authorities had arrested four suspects. When Mohammed Salameh, the man who had rented the van, returned to the rental agency on March 4 to try to get his $400 deposit back, an FBI team arrested him.
- Their leader remained at large for two years. While Salameh, Ayyad, Abouhalima and Ajaj were tried, convicted and sentenced to life in March 1994, the man identified as the plot’s mastermind had escaped to Pakistan immediately after the bombing.
On February 26, 1993, at about 17 minutes past noon, a thunderous explosion rocked lower Manhattan. The epicenter was the parking garage beneath the World Trade Center, where a massive...
Feb 26, 2023 · On Feb. 26, 1993, a deadly bombing at the World Trade Center killed six people and injured more than 1,000 — becoming a harbinger of terror at the twin towers.
