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World Trade Center 1993 bombing: Photos of the aftermath

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  • Office workers embrace on the street after evacuating the World Trade Center on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jonathan Fine
  • An NYPD sergeant and an office worker receive oxygen outside the World Trade Center after the explosion in the north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jonathan Fine
  • An injured woman is carried away from the World Trade Center after the explosion in the north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Viorel Florescu
  • Office workers run from the World Trade Center after the explosion rocked the north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jon Fine
  • An injured man is assisted by emergency workers after the explosion at the World Trade Center's north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Viorel Florescu
  • A workman checks the damage inside a room on the ground floor of the Vista Hotel, located just above the World Trade Center parking garage, on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Viorel Florescu
  • Firefighters head down an escalator at the World Trade Center after the explosion in the north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dan Sheehan
  • A firefighter walks past a car destroyed by the explosion in the underground parking garage of the World Trade Center's north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Stan Honda
  • An injured man is helped out of the World Trade Center on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Richard Lee
  • Rescue workers use a coffee cart to remove an injured woman from the PATH train station in the World Trade Center on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alan Raia
  • Firefighters carry an injured woman from the World Trade Center after the explosion in the north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dan Sheehan
  • The concourse leading to the PATH train station at the World Trade Center is littered with debris from the explosion in the north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Richard Lee
  • Office workers evacuate through the lobby of one of the World Trade Center towers after the bombing on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Viorel Florescu
  • Dozens of emergency vehicles line West Street behind the World Trade Center after the explosion in the north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Donna Dietrich
  • An office worker stands at a broken window of the smoke-filled World Trade Center after the explosion in the north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Jonathan Fine
  • People are treated for injuries after the bombing at the World Trade Center's north tower on Feb. 26, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dan Sheehan
  • Members of the bomb squad and FBI examine damage in the garage of the World Trade Center's north tower on Feb. 27, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Kirt Dozier
  • Crews clean up glass and debris at the site of the previous day's bombing at the World Trade Center on Feb. 27, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Kirt Dozier
  • A member of the FBI's terrorist task force collects evidence on one of the garage ramps of the World Trade Center on March 1, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Mitsu Yasukawa
  • Firefighters examine damage to the lobby of the Vista Hotel, located over the blast site in the World Trade Center's north tower, on March 12, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dan Sheehan
  • Bomb squad investigators look for evidence on a lower level ledge of the World Trade Center's north tower, as construction workers remove rubble from the center of the crater on March 12, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dan Sheehan
  • Workers load debris from the crater left by the bombing at the World Trade Center's north tower onto a scoop on March 12, 1993, to be carted away to the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Dan Sheehan
  • A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent inspects a damaged piece of air conditioning equipment on level B-5 in the World Trade Center's north tower on March 17, 1993.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Richard Lee

Six people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured nearly 26 years ago when a truck carrying about 1,200 pounds of explosives detonated inside a parking garage under the north tower of the World Trade Center.

The lunchtime bombing on Feb. 26, 1993, left a hole in the building that measured three stories tall, stunning the city – and the country.

Several men with connections to Islamic extremist terrorism were convicted of the bombing, including mastermind Ramzi Yousef, who was sentenced to 240 years in prison.

Take a look back at photos from the tragic day.

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