Vancouver Sun: 20 years after NY trade centre bombing, officials recall when terrorism threat was more remote

20 years after NY trade centre bombing, officials recall when terrorism threat was more remote

... Investigators learned that the highly educated Yousef had tried to detonate the car bomb in way that would cause countless casualties by toppling one of the towers into the other and bringing them down like giant dominos, and watch with disappointment from the banks of the Hudson River in New Jersey when it didn't happen. ...