It’s the 30th anniversary of when a bomb was set off in the garages of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. Now, a new nine-episode Apple Podcast, “Operation Tradebom,” examines that attack and the subsequent international investigation.
The show is produced by Marc Smerling, best known as the co-producer of HBO’s 2003 documentary “Capturing the Friedmans.”
Everybody remembers the morning of September 11, 2001, when two passenger jets flew into the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. But the idea of toppling the towers was not new. Thirty years ago, a group of men set off a bomb in the garage beneath the North Tower, hoping it would tumble into the South Tower. At the time, this was the largest improvised explosive device ever ignited on American soil. It killed six people and injured thousands, leaving behind a 100-foot crater five stories deep. Investigators from New York City’s Joint Terrorism Task Force—a ragtag team of FBI paper-pushers and NYPD detectives—found themselves conducting a new type of international investigation, called Operation: Tradebom. It became their job to find the bombers and bring them to justice before something even worse happened.
You can hear a 90-second trailer by clicking here. The first episode will stream beginning January 9, 2023, and will conclude on February 27, one day after the 30th anniversary.
(Via AppleInsider)