The World Trade Center in New York City has been an iconic landmark for decades. On this day in history, Feb. 26, 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed.
The mastermind behind the bombing was Ramzi Yousef, who arrived in New York nearly five and a half months prior after learning how to make a bomb in Afghanistan, according to the 9/11 Memorial. He visited the World Trade Center multiple times leading up to the attack, reports the 9/11 Memorial.In July 1993, the Department of State offered a $2 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Yousef, according to the U.S. Department of State's website.
"U.S. law enforcement officials believed that Yousef had escaped to Pakistan, but they had little reliable information about his location," the State Department website notes.The World Trade Center was bombed on Feb. 26, 1993, in a shocking attack on the landmark site in Manhattan.killed on Sept. 11, 2001,
in terrorist attacks that shocked the world and triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism, notes History.com."We later learned from Yousef that his Trade Center plot was far more sinister," notes the FBI. "He wanted the bomb to topple one tower, with the collapsing debris knocking down the second."
The site continues,"The attack turned out to be something of a deadly dress rehearsal for 9/11; with the help of Yousef’s uncle Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, al-Qaeda would later return to realize Yousef’s nightmarish vision."Fun stories about food, relationships, the great outdoors and more.
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