Everybody remembers the morning of September 11, 2001, when two passenger jets flew into the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. But the idea of toppling the towers was not new. Thirty years ago, a group of men set off a bomb in the garage beneath the North Tower, hoping it would tumble into the South Tower. At the time, this was the largest improvised explosive device ever ignited on American soil. It killed six people and injured thousands, leaving behind a 100-foot crater five stories deep. Investigators from New York City’s Joint Terrorism Task Force—a ragtag team of FBI paper-pushers and NYPD detectives—found themselves conducting a new type of international investigation, called Operation: Tradebom. It became their job to find the bombers and bring them to justice before something even worse happened. Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. All episodes are available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The World Trade center defined the skyline of New York City.
2000 pounds of explosives blew up in a parking garage at the World Trade center complex.
Six people were killed, 1000 injured.
30 years ago, a bomb almost toppled the twin towers.
I just felt bad about what happened.
I keep imagining it.
Who are these people that tried to kill me?
Was anybody talking about the new guy, Ramsey Youssef?
Who?
The mastermind of the bombing was a guy named Ramzi Yousef.
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the accused brains of the operation, now a fugitive believed to be in Iraq.
And he was just getting started.
Suddenly the aircraft jerked.
It just jerked.
The Filipinos.
Have a guy in jail.
They're saying he's Ramzi Josef.
I'll put the bomb in United air.
United air?
Yes.