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Lolita Jackson was at her 72nd-floor desk in the World Trade Center, feeling like she worked at the top of the world. Then came the boom, and smoke started curling in from an elevator shaft.
On this day in history, Feb. 26, 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed and six people were killed.
The explosive was planted by Muslim extremists who sought to punish the U.S. for its Middle East policies.
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Thirty years after terrorism first struck the World Trade Center, victims’ relatives and survivors are commemorating the deadly 1993 bombing that foreshadowed 9/11