Introducing “Operation: Tradebom”

Crimetown

Gimlet

Government, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 14.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Everybody remembers the morning of September 11, 2001, when two passenger jets flew into the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. But the idea of toppling the towers was not new. Thirty years ago, a group of men set off a bomb in the garage beneath the North Tower, hoping it would tumble into the South Tower. At the time, this was the largest improvised explosive device ever ignited on American soil. It killed six people and injured thousands, leaving behind a 100-foot crater five stories deep. Investigators from New York City’s Joint Terrorism Task Force—a ragtag team of FBI paper-pushers and NYPD detectives—found themselves conducting a new type of international investigation, called Operation: Tradebom. It became their job to find the bombers and bring them to justice before something even worse happened. Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. All episodes are available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The World Trade Center defined the skyline of New York City.
0:06.0	Two thousand pounds of explosives blew up in a parking garage at the World Trade Center complex.
0:12.0	Six people were killed, one thousand injured.
0:16.0	30 years ago, a bomb almost toppled between towers.
0:20.0	I just felt bad about what happened. I keep imagining it.
0:24.0	Who are these people to try to kill me?
0:27.0	Will anybody talking about the docker Ramsey Yosef?
0:31.0	The mastermind of the bombing was a guy named Ramsey Yosef.
0:35.0	Ramsey Ahmed Yosef, the accused brains of the operation, now a fugitive believed to be in Iraq and he was just getting started.
0:43.0	Suddenly, the aircraft jerked. It just jerked.
0:49.0	The Filipinos have a guy in jail. They're saying he's Ramsey Yosef.
0:55.0	I'm a buzzer bomb in the United Air.
0:59.0	United Air. Yes. What is your plan in the United States killing Americans?
1:05.0	I'm Mark Smirling and this is Operation Trade Bomb.
1:09.0	An Apple original podcast about the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center and how it changed our world forever.
1:17.0	You gotta imagine how much disasters would be created if the World Trade Center collapsed.
1:23.0	Operation Trade Bomb is produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
1:29.0	Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

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