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Ceremony remembers victims of 1993 World Trade Center bombing on 25th anniversary

By Candace McCowan, Eyewitness News
Monday, February 26, 2018
Lauren Glassberg reports on the planned ceremony from Lower Manhattan.
NEW YORK -- It was a day that changed the city forever. Monday marks 25 years since a car bomb exploded in the garage of the towers, killing six people and injuring hundreds.



Ceremony to honor victims in 1993 WTC bombing, 25 years later


A ceremony was held to commemorate the victims in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

25 years ago, terrorists detonated explosives inside a van parked underneath the towers.

Survivors of the explosion which rocked New York's World Trade Center Feb. 26, 1993 are aided by rescue personnel on the street.AP
Two New York City police officers help an injured women away from the scene of the World Trade Center explosion.AP
Ruptured steam pipes blown from their ceiling mounts lie across smashed cars on a lower level of New York's World Trade Center after an explosion rocked the financial complex.AP
Victims of a fire at the World Trade Center in New York are treated at the scene after an explosion rocked the complex.AP
Workers peer through broken windows of the World Trade Center in New York, Feb. 26, 1993, after an explosion in an underground garage rocked the twin towers complex.AP
Police and fire equipment block the streets near the World Trade Center in New York City on Feb. 26, 1993.AP
People line the observation deck of the World Trade Center in New York, Feb. 26, 1993.AP
A destroyed car lies underneath a section of rubble in the sub-basement of New York's World Trade Center, seen Feb. 28, 1993.AP


Monday's ceremony was held at the September 11th memorial.

It included a moment of silence at 12:18 p.m., ET, the exact time the bombs went off 25 years ago.

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PHOTOS: Up close look at the World Trade Center's 9/11 'Tribute in Light'
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.none
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