World Trade Center

:This article is about the World Trade Center complex in New York City; see this article for the many other buildings around the world that have also been called "world trade centers".

1993 terrorist attack

::Main article: 1993 World Trade Center bombing

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On February 26, 1993 at 12:17 PM, a Ryder truck filled with explosives was planted by terrorists and exploded in the underground garage of the north tower, opening a 30m hole through 4 sublevels of concrete. Six people were killed and over a thousand injured. Six Islamist extremist conspirators were convicted of the crime in 1997 and 1998 and given prison sentences of 240 years each.

Related Topics:
February 26 - 1993 - Terrorists - M - Concrete - Islamist - Crime - 1997 - 1998 - Prison

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To commemorate the bombing of the tower, a reflecting pool was installed with the names of those who had been killed in the blast. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, relief workers found a single fractured piece of this fountain; to date it is the only remaining part of the 1993 memorial that survived the collapse of the towers.

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