On February 26, 1993, a van b*mb detonated in the underground parking garage beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The explosion created a massive crater, filled stairwells with smoke, and left thousands trapped in darkened buildings. Video footage from that day shows the chaotic evacuation as people navigated smoke-filled corridors and descended long stairwells to escape. Six people lost their lives, and more than a thousand were injured. The attack was later linked to Al-Qaeda and