1993 World Trade Center bombing

The aftermath of the bombing

The 1993 World Trade Center bombing happened on February 26, 1993 in the bottom section of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, United States. Six people were killed, including a woman who was 7 months pregnant. About 1,042 people were injured. The plan was to use truck bombs parked in the parking lot of the bottom of the North Tower causing it to collapse. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef who was the main leader of the al-Qaeda cell sent to destroy the buildings hoped the explosions would cause the North Tower to collapse and hit the South Tower which would effectively cause the collapse of both towers.

The al-Qaeda cell's leader was Ramzi Yousef. The group wanted to destroy the buildings because they were seen as the main economic centers of the United States. al-Qaeda's leader Osama bin Laden was disappointed to see the buildings were not destroyed, so he wanted another attack on the same buildings. The result would be the September 11 attacks in 2001 where 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes and flew two of them into both of the Twin Towers killing almost 3,000 people and causing both the North Tower and South Tower to eventually collapse. Another hijacked plane was flown into the Pentagon building while the fourth plane crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania after the passengers fought back against the terrorists.

Other websites

• Rewards for Justice World Trade Center Bombing page Archived 2005-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
• "1993: World Trade Center bomb terrorises New York", BBC: On This Day
• FBI – 1993 World Trade Center Bombing – Press Room Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine FBI February 26, 2008
• Images from the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
• WCBS 880 radio aircheck, February 26, 1993 Archived May 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at sorabji.com