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1993 World Trade Center Bombing - Remembering 33 Years Later
February 26, 2026 | NEW YORK
DAVID BURNS, Senior Correspondent

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LIBERTY ISLAND, NY - February 26th marked the 33rd Commemoration of the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing. A moment of silence was observed at 12:18 p.m., marking the time of the bomb’s detonation. The victims—John DiGiovanni, Robert Kirkpatrick, Stephen Knapp, William Macko, Wilfredo Mercado, and Monica Rodriguez Smith and her unborn child, were honored as their names were read aloud by family members during the commemoration ceremony.