爆炸餘波未息, 回顧近年美國主要恐怖襲擊事件
Feb. 26, 1993: Six people die when terrorists blow up a truck bomb under one of the World Trade Center towers. Ramzi Yousef is later convicted of masterminding the attack and is serving a life sentence.
1993年2月26日：恐怖分子在世界貿易中心(World Trade Center)的一座塔樓下引爆汽車炸彈，導致六人死亡。拉姆齊•尤塞夫(Ramzi Yousef)後來因策劃此次襲擊而被定罪並判處終身監禁，目前正在服刑。April 19, 1995: Bomb destroys Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are found guilty of the attacks. McVeigh is executed in June 2001, and Nichols is serving a life sentence.
1995年4月19日：俄克拉荷馬城艾爾弗雷德•P•默拉聯邦大樓(Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building)被炸彈摧毀，168人死亡。蒂莫西•麥克維(Timothy McVeigh)和特里•尼克爾斯(Terry Nichols)因策劃襲擊被定罪。麥克維於2001年6月被處以死刑，尼克爾斯被判終身監禁，目前正在服刑。July 27, 1996: Bombs at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Atlanta Games kill one woman and injure about 100 others. Eric Rudolph pleads guilty to setting off the bombs and is sentenced to life in prison.
1996年7月27日：1996年亞特蘭大奧運會期間，奧運百年紀念公園(Centennial Olympic Park)發生炸彈爆炸事件，一名婦女死亡，大約100人受傷。埃裏克•魯道夫(Eric Rudolph)承認引爆炸彈，被判終身監禁。
Dec. 14, 1999: 'Millennium bomber' Ahmed Ressam is arrested crossing the Canadian-U.S. border. He is later convicted of a plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999 and ultimately sentenced to 37 years in prison.
1999年12月14日：“千禧年炸彈客”艾哈邁德•萊薩姆(Ahmed Ressam)在通過加拿大和美國邊境時被捕。他後來因圖謀於1999年新年前夜在洛杉磯國際機場製造爆炸事件而被定罪，最終被判處37年監禁。Sept. 11, 2001: Terrorists hijack four planes, destroy the World Trade Center in New York and hit the Pentagon. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others face charges connected to the attacks at Guantanamo military tribunal.
2001年9月11日：恐怖分子劫持了四架飛機，撞毀紐約世貿中心並撞擊五角大樓。近3,000人死亡。哈立德•謝赫•穆罕默德(Khalid Sheikh Mohammed)和另外四人在關塔那摩軍事法庭就策劃襲擊受審。Fall 2001: Mailings containing anthrax kill five people and sicken 17 others. U.S. authorities later conclude that government scientist Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide in 2008, was the culprit. Ivins's defenders question the conclusion.
2001年秋季：含有炭疽病毒的郵件導致五人死亡、另有17人患病。美國當局後來得出結論認爲，政府科學家布魯斯•艾文斯(Bruce Ivins)是事件元兇。艾文斯於2008年自殺。他的辯護者置疑這一結論。Dec. 22, 2001: 'Shoe bomber' Richard Reid tries to blow up a flight from Paris to Miami by igniting explosives hidden in his shoe. The attempt fails. He pleads guilty and is sentenced to life in prison.
2001年12月22日：“鞋子炸彈客”理查德•雷德(Richard Reid)點燃藏在鞋子中的爆炸物，試圖炸掉一架從巴黎飛往邁阿密的飛機。他的企圖未能得逞。雷德後來認罪，被判終身監禁。September 2009: Najibullah Zazi drives to New York City with plans to attack subways after concocting homemade bombs. He is caught before the plot can be carried out. He and others are convicted on federal terrorism charges.
2009年9月：納吉布•扎齊(Najibullah Zazi)開車前往紐約，計劃用自製炸彈襲擊地鐵。他在實施其圖謀前被抓。他和其他人以聯邦恐怖主義罪名被定罪。Dec. 25, 2009: 'Underwear bomber' Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempts to set off bomb on plane approaching Detroit from Amsterdam, but crew members and passengers extinguish it. He is sentenced to life in prison.
2009年12月25日：“內衣炸彈客”烏瑪爾•法魯克•阿卜杜勒穆塔拉布(Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab)試圖在一架從阿姆斯特丹飛往底特律的飛機上引爆炸彈，但機組人員和乘客解除了炸彈。他被判終身監禁。May 1, 2010: Faisal Shahzad leaves vehicle near Times Square in New York City with crude bomb inside. His attempts to ignite the bomb fail. He pleads guilty and is sentenced to life in prison.
2010年5月1日：費薩爾•哈扎德(Faisal Shahzad)將一輛裝有自製炸彈的汽車留在紐約時代廣場(Times Square)。他試圖引爆炸彈，但未能成功。哈扎德後來認罪，被判終身監禁。
