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December 2020: Richard Reid's Shoes. On December 22, 2001—just months after the 9/11 attacks—Richard Reid boarded American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami with homemade bombs hidden in his shoes. During the flight, Reid tried to detonate his shoes, but he struggled to light the fuse.
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Sep 22, 2021 · The FBI's December Artifact of the Month is the pair of shoes Reid—also known as the "shoe bomber"—tried to detonate. FBI bomb techs determined that the shoes contained about 10 ounces of explosive material. During a preliminary hearing, an FBI agent revealed how dangerous the homemade bomb was.
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...
Dive into the infamous case of the shoe bomber, Richard Reid, who attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his shoes on a transatlantic flight in 2001. Explore the details of the foiled...
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...
Dec 26, 2009 · Two months after 19 jihadists hijacked airplanes and flew them into the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, Richard Reid attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his...
2003: 'Shoe bomber' jailed for life. A US judge has sentenced British-born "shoe bomber" Richard Reid to life in prison after he tried to blow up a transatlantic flight from Paris to...
