Families gather at Ground Zero to remember victims of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing days after blind sheikh who plotted the attack dies behind bars
Memorial ceremony was held in lower Manhattan on Sunday afternoon to commemorate victims of bombing
Six were killed and 1,042 injured when a truck bomb blew up beneath the North Tower on February 26, 1993
John DiGiovanni, 45, Robert Kirkpatrick, 61, Stephen Knapp, 47, Bill Macko, 57, Wilfredo Mercado, 37, Monica Rodriguez Smith, 36, were killed
Seven Islamist extremists were convicted but only six were sentenced to life in prison for the attack
Nidal Ayyad, Mohammed Salameh, Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Ahmed Ajaj, and Eyad Ismoil were convicted for the attacks
The terror attack was carried out by seven Islamist extremists and was intended to bring down both towers, but failed to do so. The bombing was considered the worst terrorist attack in the US, but was overshadowed by the 9/11 attack, eight years later.
Ramzi Yousef, Nidal Ayyad, Mohammed Salameh, and Abdul Yasin, Ahmed Ajaj, and Eyad Ismoi were convicted in the bombing. Yasin was the only terrorist to avoid life in prison.
In 2012, Ramzi filed a lawsuit to end his solitary confinement. During his 1998 sentencing, the man proclaimed he was a proud terrorist.
One of the things that stuck in my mind was a statement by the governor of New York at the time-- I think it sums up the way most Americans felt in those days:
The terror attack was carried out by seven Islamist extremists and was intended to bring down both towers, but failed to do so. The bombing was considered the worst terrorist attack in the US, but was overshadowed by the 9/11 attack, eight years later.
Ramzi Yousef, Nidal Ayyad, Mohammed Salameh, and Abdul Yasin, Ahmed Ajaj, and Eyad Ismoi were convicted in the bombing. Yasin was the only terrorist to avoid life in prison.
In 2012, Ramzi filed a lawsuit to end his solitary confinement. During his 1998 sentencing, the man proclaimed he was a proud terrorist.
One of the things that stuck in my mind was a statement by the governor of New York at the time-- I think it sums up the way most Americans felt in those days:
New York State Governor Mario Cuomo summed up the mood, saying: "Until now we were invulnerable."
Families Gather At Ground Zero To Remember Victims Of The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
I wonder how many people remember the first terror attack on the WTC?
Or how many even known that it happened?