Terrorists planted a bomb beneath the Twin Towers years before 9/11. How a charred van brought down the conspirators
25 years since 9/11: Eight years before the Twin Towers fell, terrorists tried to bring them down with a bomb planted beneath the North Tower.
In 1993, terrorists attempted to destroy the World Trade Center by planting a bomb in a van parked in the public parking garage beneath the North Tower. The bomb, containing urea nitrate, exploded around noon, failing to bring down the towers but causing significant damage. Six people, including a pregnant woman and five Port Authority employees, died in the bombing.
The incident led to the evacuation of about 50,000 people from the complex. The bombing was orchestrated by Ramzi Yousef and associates, who had settled in New Jersey after entering the US in 1992.
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