Eight years before the tragedy of 9/11, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City for the first time. It was scary and chaotic. What else was being reported in newspapers on that same day?

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• “Advertisement: Windsor Beacon Instant Mail (Page 16).” Windsor Beacon (Windsor, Colorado), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.
• Associated Press. “Accused Murderers: Boys Next Door.” Bonner County Daily Bee (Sandpoint, Idaho), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.
• Associated Press. “Train Station Caves In; Dozens Hurt.” The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.
• Ballard, Kimberly. “New Documentary: Betty Wilson Wrongly Convicted in Death of Husband, Dr. Jack Wilson.” 256 Today, July 26, 2022. https://256today.com/new-documentary-claims-betty-wilson-was-wrongly-convicted-of-the-murder-of-her-husband-30-years-ago/.
• Coleman, Jenny. “Who Was James Bulger and What Happened to His Killers?” BBC News, March 16, 2025. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4vx0gwe77o.
• “Dolores Fisher.” WDHOF. Accessed October 1, 2025. https://www.wdhof.org/members/dolores-fisher.
• Examiner News Services. “Huge Blast Rips N. Y. Trade Center.” The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.
• Kenney, Jerry. “Loot Diver Becoming a Wreck.” Daily News (New York, New York), February 26, 1993.
• “The Mel Fisher Story.” MFST. Accessed October 1, 2025.https://store.melfisher.com/blogs/news/the-mel-fisher-story?srsltid=AfmBOorIQ9Hf3FA7ZHJhRtyVfDrF3TYgMIycy7p_VH3DFb2xp6FVgcFJ.
• “Mel Fisher.” Wikipedia, July 3, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Fisher.
• “Murder of James Bulger.” Wikipedia, September 29, 2025.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger.
• Newberry, Paul. “Wife, Twin Sister Accused in Murder of Wealthy Doctor.” Concord Monitor (Concord, New Hampshire), February 26, 1993. www.newspapers.com.
• “Nuestra Señora de Atocha Treasure.” Thomas Numismatics, July 27, 2023. https://thomasnumismatics.com/en/blog/nuestra-senora-atocha-treasure/?srsltid=AfmBOop9T8y-k5Q4r4MyiNlkMVKmXcRBYveHynzRfnRYPZXuG0L12anc
• “Nuestra Señora de Atocha.” Wikipedia, September 9, 2025.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Atocha.
• “Putting Together the Fragments: The Investigation of the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing.” Putting Together the Fragments: The Investigation of the 1993 World TradeCenter Bombing | National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Accessed September 30, 2025. https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/putting-together-fragments-investigation-1993-world-trade-center-bombing.
• Schunn, Caitlin. “How Twins Ended up on Trial for Murder of an Alabama Doctor - but Only One Was Convicted.” Oxygen, July 19, 2024. https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/betty-wilson-convicted-in-doctor-husbands-alabama-murder.
• This Morning News. “James Bulger: 30 Years On From The Murder That Shook Britain.” YouTube. Accessed October 1, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7OWspyONp8.
• World trade center bombing 1993. Accessed September 30, 2025. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/world-trade-center-bombing-1993.
• “‘The Wounds Don’t Ever Heal’: 30 Years after James Bulger’s Murder, Bootle Cannot Forget.” The Guardian, February 10, 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/10/30-years-after-james-bulger-murder-strand-bootle-youth-justice.
• SOUND SOURCES
• Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.
• Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
• Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.