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

ByCandace McCowan, Eyewitness News WABC logo
Monday, February 26, 2018
Ceremony set to remember victims of 1993 World Trade Center bombing on 25th anniversary
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.

Candace McCowan reports on the planned ceremony from Lower Manhattan.

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.

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Survivors of the explosion which rocked New York's World Trade Center Feb. 26, 1993 are aided by rescue personnel on the street.
AP Photo/Ron Frehm

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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The 'Tribute in Light' memorial shines in Lower Manhattan on the night before the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
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