Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.

1993 World Trade Center bombing

Terrorist attack in the United States

On February 26, 1993, Ramzi Yousef and associates carried out a van bomb terrorist attack below the North Tower of the New York World Trade Center. The 1,336 lb (606 kg) urea nitrate–hydrogen gas enhanced device was intended to make the North Tower collapse onto the South Tower,…