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New York Bombers: Guilty

On February 26, 1993, a bomb exploded at the World Trade Center in New York City. It killed six people, injured more than 1,000 and forever changed the way Americans viewed terrorism. Terrorism was no longer seen as just a threat overseas. Terrorism could happen on U.S. soil.

Last week a jury convicted Ramzi Ahmed Yousef and Eyad Ismoil of the plot to blow up the building. Yousef was called a mastermind of the plot. Both men will be sentenced early next year, and they could be put in prison for life.

At the trial, Secret Service agent Brian Parr testified that Yousef confessed he "wanted to make Americans feel terror." Yousef's plan, said Parr, was to topple one of the Trade Center's 110-story Twin Towers--the second tallest in the U.S. Parr said Yousef wanted to scare the U.S. to stop it from aiding Israel.

In 1994 four other men were found guilty in the Trade Center bombing. One suspect has not been caught.

Outside the court last week, U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White vowed to find the last suspect: "This investigation will never be over until we track down anyone associated with this type of terrorism."

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