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20th anniversary of 1993 World Trade Center bombing observed in New York

Stephen Knapp, center left, is comforted by Charles Maikish, former World Trade Center director, as mourners and family members of victims participate in a 20th anniversary memorial for victims of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on Feb. 26.
Stephen Knapp, center left, is comforted by Charles Maikish, former World Trade Center director, as mourners and family members of victims participate in a 20th anniversary memorial for victims of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on Feb. 26.Keith Bedford / Reuters
Flowers are seen next to the North Tower Reflecting Pool.
Flowers are seen next to the North Tower Reflecting Pool.Justin Lane / EPA

A moment of silence was observed at 12:18 p.m., the time when a truck bomb was detonated below the north tower on Feb. 26, 1993. The victims' names were read by family members before bagpipers played "Amazing Grace."

More than 1,000 people were injured in the 1993 blast in an underground garage below one of the towers. It was the first dramatic demonstration that "terrorism is theater and New York is the biggest stage," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said last week.

Verena Dobnik, The Associated Press

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