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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...
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- Crime Mindscape
Nov 1, 2015 · Richard Colvin Reid, also known as the Shoe Bomber, is a British man who attempted to detonate explosives packed into the shoes he was wearing, while on American Airlines Flight 63 from...
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- Audiopedia
In this video we try to see what would have happened if the notoriously not-very-smart "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid, had succeeded in setting off his shoe bomb, by packing 2 shoes with...
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- Ordnance Lab
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.
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...
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On December 22, 2001, Reid attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his sneakers on board American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, carrying 197 people. He was restrained by passengers and crew on the flight after trying to set light to a fuse connected to explosives in his shoes.
