World Trade Center Bombing
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Violence, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: February 26, 1993
Article abstract: The bombing proves that the United States is not immune to international terrorism.
Summary of Event
At 12:17 p.m. on February 26, 1993, a yellow rental van loaded with some twelve hundred pounds of nitrate explosives blew up in the garage of the World Trade Center’s North Building, in lower Manhattan Island, New York City. The van, driven by Eyad Ismail, had a twelve-minute fuse located between the front seats. Once it was lit, Eyad Ismail and Ramzi Ahmad Yousef, a friend with whom he had grown up in Kuwait, jumped into another car...
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