This terrorist attack has been overshadowed by the Sept 11/01 attacks. It emphasizes how determined the Islamic extremist bastards were to strike the USA.
On February 26/93 at 12:18pm, a huge truck bomb went off on Level B-2 of the underground garage underneath the North Tower ( WTC 1). The plan was to knock the North Tower into the South Tower ( WTC 2), bringing down both towers and killing 250,000 people. The explosion left a 30 meter hole 7 stories up. The bomb consisted of ammonium nitrate
( same used in Oklahoma 2 years later ) and was placed in a rented Ryder truck. The FBI determined that if the truck was parked a few feet closer to the concrete foundations, the plan would have worked and the North Tower would have collapsed. Amazing, only 6 people were killed.
The FBI and ATF did an excellent job investigating the bombing and within weeks made arrests. Six terrorists were convicted for the attack including the truck driver Ramzi Yousef and Sheikh Rahman ( the blind Sheikh). What is sad is that most of the terrorists should not have been able to enter the US. They were on FBI watchlists but the FBI could not share these lists with INS !!!!
the Blind Sheikh:
Omar Abdel-Rahman
The six people who were killed:
John DiGiovanni
Robert Kirkpatrick
Steven Knapp
William Macko
Wilfredo Mercado
Monica Smith ( pregnant)
A memorial was built for the 6.
the memorial was destroyed on Sept 11/01.
one political note: the one good thing Bush has done as President is enact the Patriot Act which allows Federal Agencies like the FBI, CIA, ATF and INS share information with each other. This "wall" lead to the 1993 and 2001 attacks.