LaGuardia Airport bombing

On December 29, 1975, at 6:33 p.m. EST,[1] a bomb with the equivalent force of 25 sticks of dynamite exploded in the main terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York, killing 11 and injuring 75. The victims included travelers, limousine drivers, and airline employees. It was the deadliest bombing in New York City since the Wall Street bombing of 1920.[2]

The bomb had been placed in a Trans World Airlines locker adjacent to a luggage carousel. The force of the explosion wrecked luggage carousels and destroyed the terminal's large metal doors and showered the area with shards of metal and broken glass.[3]

At the time, suspects included the FALN, the Jewish Defense League, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and the Croatian nationalist Zvonko Busic; two similar bombings at New York's Grand Central Terminal previously had been attributed to Croatians.[4] No one ever claimed credit for the bombing or was arrested for it, and it remains unsolved.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Baker, Al (August 9, 2008). "Terrorist’s Release Reopens Wound of Unsolved Bombing". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/nyregion/10laguardia.html. Retrieved January 15, 2011. 
  2. ^ McCabe, Scott, "Crime History: "Bomb at LaGuardia Kills 11, Injures Another 75," The Washington Examiner, December 29, 2011, Page 8.
  3. ^ McCabe, Scott, "Crime History: "Bomb at LaGuardia Kills 11, Injures Another 75," The Washington Examiner, December 29, 2011, Page 8.
  4. ^ McCabe, Scott, "Crime History: "Bomb at LaGuardia Kills 11, Injures Another 75," The Washington Examiner, December 29, 2011, Page 8.
  5. ^ Springer, John (December 24, 2002). "LaGuardia Christmas bombing remains unsolved 27 years later". CNN. http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/24/ctv.laguardia/. Retrieved December 2, 2008. 
  6. ^ McCabe, Scott, "Crime History: "Bomb at LaGuardia Kills 11, Injures Another 75," The Washington Examiner, December 29, 2011, Page 8.
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