First WTC Bombing Anniversary

They CallMe MRWILKES · ‎06-29-2016

There were six victims and an unborn child in 1993:

Each year on February 26, victims’ families, survivors, downtown residents and workers, and city and state officials mark the anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing with a moment of silence, the tolling of a bell, and a reading of the names of the six victims of the first terror attack at the site.

They CallMe MRWILKES · ‎06-29-2016

The first memorial to the 1993 victims was destroyed in 2001.

A fragment was recovered and is now on display at the Memorial Museum.

willowbark · ‎07-20-2025

Thank you for the reminder. This was a horrific event and I don't remember if the press spelled out the the whys and wherefores but we certainly know that now.

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

My husband then fiance was the building manager of one of the smaller buildings it took me a long while to get a hold of him. It was 3 months before our wedding

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

Caaareful Shopper · ‎10-09-2012

I worked directly across the street, at 100 Church Street. Terrible. So sad.

At the time of the explosion no one knew whether it was a bomb or uncommon earthquake or gas leak. We were just told to get out quickly; it happened during lunchtime.

Iwantcoffee · ‎03-11-2010

Info from Port Authorty website on the 6 adults and unborn child killed on February 26, 1993.

Victims of 1993 World Trade Center bombing. William Macko. Wilfredo Mercado. Stephen Knapp. Robert Kirkpatrick. Monica Rodriguez Smith. John DiGiovanni.

"Robert Kirkpatrick, 61, was a senior structural maintenance supervisor from Suffern, N.Y. He was considering retirement in November that year.

Stephen Knapp, 47, was the agency’s chief maintenance supervisor. His son and namesake, Stephen Knapp Jr., is currently the general manager of the agency’s three Staten Island bridges.

William Macko, 57, was a former U.S. Marine who was the agency’s assistant chief mechanical supervisor at the World Trade Center. The father of four lived in Bayonne, N.J.

Monica Rodriguez Smith, 35, was an Ecuadorian native who was planning to start maternity leave the next day in preparation for the birth of her first child, Eddie. She was a Port Authority mechanical unit secretary based at the World Trade Center.

John DiGiovanni, 45, was an East Coast sales manager for Kerr Chemicals. He had just parked his car in the World Trade Center parking garage after heading there for a sales call.

Wilfredo Mercado, 37, worked two jobs at the World Trade Center to support his wife and their two daughters. On weekends, he was a security guard. On weekdays, he was a purchasing agent for the North Tower restaurant Windows on the World, and on that February day he was receiving food deliveries in the basement. "