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[66] [67] Although the 1993 bombing made the World Trade Center a publicly known terrorist target, [68] [69] with the possibility of another attack suspected as early as 1995 by FBI Special Agent John O'Neill, [70] [71] [72] as well as by former Senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman of the Hart-Rudman Commission in January 2001, [73] [74] the 9/ ...
Emad A. Salem (born circa 1950) is an FBI informant, who was a key witness in the trial of Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Hakim Murad, and Wali Khan Amin Shah, convicted in the World Trade Center bombing of February 26, 1993. He testified that the bomb was built under supervision from the FBI. [1]
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef (Urdu: رمزی احمد یوسف, romanized: Ramzī Ahmad Yūsuf; born 27 April 1968) is a convicted Pakistani terrorist who was one of the main perpetrators and the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing [4] [5] and the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434; he was also a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot.
The 1993 bombing both foreshadowed and was later overshadowed by the 9/11 attacks eight years later.
In the World Trade Center bombing (February 26, 1993) a car bomb was detonated by Arab Islamist terrorists in the underground parking garage below Tower One of the World Trade Center in New York City. The 1,500 lb (680 kg) urea nitrate-fuel oil device [32] [33] killed six and injured over a thousand people. [33]
New York City has marked the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center that blew open a massive crater underneath one of the 110-story twin towers, killing six people and ...
On September 11, 2001, tragedy struck in both New York City and Washington D.C. In D.C., an American Airlines flight crashed into the Pentagon, and in New York City, two planes flew into the two ...
A "bucket brigade" works to clear rubble and debris after the September 11 attacks. The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center elicited a large response of local emergency and rescue personnel to assist in the evacuation of the two towers, resulting in a large loss of the same personnel when the towers collapsed.