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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.
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.
May 7, 2024 · Richard Reid is a British Islamist militant who gained notoriety as the so-called Shoe Bomber in 2001 after he attempted—by igniting explosives hidden in the soles of his high-top basketball shoes—to blow up an airplane on which he and some 200 other passengers were traveling.
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...
Feb 4, 2015 · More than 13 years after his failed attempt to blow up a US passenger plane with wires and explosives hidden in his shoes, Richard Reid believes his actions were permissible under Islamic law.
Overview. Richard Reid—known colloquially as the “shoe bomber”—is a British national who attempted to destroy a civilian airliner with a shoe-bomb in December 2001. According to prosecutors, Reid had previously trained alongside al-Qaeda in Afghanistan from 1998 to 1999.
Jan 31, 2003 · Richard Reid, the so-called "shoe bomber", was yesterday sentenced to life in prison for attempting to blow up a transatlantic flight in December 2001.
Apr 22, 2005 · A British court imposed a 13-year prison sentence on a man who admitted conspiring with shoe-bomber Richard Reid to blow up a United States-bound transatlantic jet in 2001.
Oct 21, 2006 · U.S. federal investigators told a judge Tuesday that they want to question Richard Reid, known as the 'Shoe-bomber,' because it was likely that he has 'important information' about future attacks.
Jan 30, 2003 · A Boston judge handed down a life sentence Wednesday for Richard Reid, the alleged al-Qaida member who pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up a jetliner using explosives in his shoe.
