"Terrorists, led by Ramzi Yousef, drove a rental truck with 1,200 pounds of explosives into the underground parking garage below the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Feb. 26, 1993. The bomb was detonated at about 12:18 p.m.; the terrorists had intended to cause such a blast that it would have toppled the North Tower onto the South Tower, causing their demise."
"The blast did not destroy the World Trade Center, but it caused carnage across numerous floors of the World Trade Center's substructure and sent plumes of choking black smoke through both towers. Six people near the blast zone were killed: John DiGiovanni, Robert Kirkpatrick, Stephen A. Knapp, William Macko, Wilfredo Mercado, and Monica Rodriguez and her unborn child."
"Hundreds gathered at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza in Lower Manhattan for the annual service honoring the lives of six individuals taken in the truck bombing of the Twin Towers just before 12:20 p.m. on Feb. 26, 1993. Thursday's ceremony included family members of those lost, as well as first responders and Port Authority employees who were part of the historic event."
On February 26, 1993, terrorists led by Ramzi Yousef detonated a truck bomb containing 1,200 pounds of explosives in the underground parking garage beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The blast, intended to topple the North Tower onto the South Tower, killed six people and injured over 1,000 others. The explosion created massive damage across multiple floors and filled both towers with thick black smoke, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of workers. Thirty-three years later, a memorial ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza in Lower Manhattan honored the victims, bringing together family members, first responders, and Port Authority employees to remember those lost in the attack.
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