Search results
Richard Reid. 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. Later he became radicalized and went to ...
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 Miami. Reid was unrepentant throughout the 90-minute hearing in which he received the maximum sentence on each of the eight counts faced by Judge William Young. He was sentenced to life imprisonment ...
Dec 26, 2009 · American Airlines Flight 63, carrying 197 people from Paris to Miami was diverted to Boston on December 22, 2001, after passengers and crew saw Reid trying to light a fuse and subdued him by tying ...
Feb 25, 2002 · Elaine Shannon/Washington. February 25, 2002 12:00 AM EST. P eople who make a living taking bombs apart don’t scare easily. But the FBI laboratory experts who dissected Richard Reid’s black ...
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 Reid ...
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 aboard ...
Jan 31, 2003 · A British man who tried to blow up a US passenger airline with explosives in his shoe has been jailed for life. Richard Reid - nicknamed the "shoe bomber" - said he was guilty of eight charges in court, including attempted murder and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. The US judge gave him a total of 110 years, including three life ...
