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Feb 25, 2002 · But the FBI laboratory experts who dissected Richard Reid’s black suede sneakers were horrified by what they found in the soles: bombs that were, as one agent says, “the first of their kind and...
- The Shoe Bomber's World
Richard Reid, a British passenger on the Boeing 767, was...
- The Shoe Bomber's World
This is the pair of shoes Richard Reid—also known as the shoe bomber—tried to detonate. (Click image to view high-res.) On December 22, 2001—just months after the 9/11 attacks—Richard...
Jan 24, 2023 · On December 22, 2001, three months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Richard Reid, 28, a British citizen and Al Qaeda member, attempts to detonate homemade bombs hidden in his shoes while...
Richard Colvin Reid (born 12 August 1973), also known as the Shoe Bomber, is the perpetrator of the failed shoe bombing attempt on a transatlantic flight in 2001. Born to a father who was a career criminal, Reid converted to Islam as a young man in prison after years as a petty criminal.
Jan 31, 2003 · Richard C. Reid, who said he was a member of Al Qaeda and pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives concealed in his shoes, was sentenced today to life in prison.
Feb 16, 2002 · Richard Reid, a British passenger on the Boeing 767, was trying to light a fuse protruding from his shoe, witnesses say. According to the FBI, packed in the sole were enough high explosives...
[DMA] Richard Reid, the "Shoe Bomber", was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to blowup an airplane mid-flight by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes on December 22, 2001. Reid claims to be affiliated with Al Qaeda.
