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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/ ...
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum that are part of the World Trade Center complex, in New York City, created for remembering the September 11, 2001, attacks, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. [4]
The World Trade Center following the 1993 bombing. The first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center occurred on February 26, 1993, at 12:17 p.m. A Ryder truck filled with 1,500 pounds (680 kg) of explosives (planted by Ramzi Yousef) detonated in the North Tower's underground garage. [18]
The 1993 bombing both foreshadowed and was later overshadowed by the 9/11 attacks eight years later.
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 ...
In 1995, O'Neill began to intensely study the roots of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing after he assisted in the capture of Ramzi Yousef, who was the leader of that plot. He subsequently learned of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden , and investigated the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia and the 2000 USS Cole bombing in Yemen .
Omar Abdel-Rahman, convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, died on Saturday in a North Carolina prison, authorities said.
One World Trade Center (WTC 1), the "North Tower", was, at 1,368 ft (417 m), six feet taller than Two World Trade Center (WTC 2), the "South Tower", which was 1,362 ft (415 m) tall. Numerous closely spaced perimeter columns provided much of the structural strength, along with gravity load shared with the steel box columns of the core. [23]