New York law enforcement honors 1993 World Trade Center bombing victims with ceremony, moment of silence
The Feb, 26, 1993, attack killed 6 people and injured over 1,000
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}New York City is marking the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center that blew apart a van parked in an underground garage, killing six people and injured more than 1,000.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is holding a memorial Mass on Monday morning at St. Peter’s Church in Manhattan.
That will be followed by a ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum for victims’ family members, survivors, first responders, and lower Manhattan residents and workers.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}VICTIMS OF 1993 WTC BOMBING REMEMBERED 30 YEARS LATER: ‘INNOCENT PEOPLE GOING TO WORK’
A bell will be tolled at 12:18 p.m. to mark the time of the Feb. 26 attack and a moment of silence will honor the victims, whose names are inscribed on one of the Sept. 11 memorial pools.
A bomb exploded in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in 1993. (David Handschuh/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
The attack was carried out by Islamic extremists who sought to punish the U.S. for its Middle East policies, particularly its support for Israel.
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Six people were convicted of the attack, including the accused ringleader Ramzi Yousef. A seventh suspect in the bombing remains on the FBI’s most wanted list.
The attack was a harbinger of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks that ultimately felled the city's tallest skyscrapers, killing nearly 3,000 people in the worst attack on American soil.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Yousef’s uncle, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, would later become the self-proclaimed mastermind of 9/11, when hijacked planes were used as missiles to strike the buildings.