New York's First Terror Attack

Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors · The Retrospectors

Opublikowano: 2026-09-16

The Wall Street bomb, outside JP Morgan’s headquarters, killed 38 people and seriously injured 143 more on 16th September, 1920. It was the biggest terror attack in New York City until 9/11. The blast shattered windows, overturned vehicles and sent fragments of metal and glass flying through nearby buildings. J.P. Morgan himself was safely on holiday in Scotland, but his son Junius Morgan was among those injured. Mostly, the victims were clerks, stenographers, messengers, and porters caught in the lunchtime rush. Investigators reconstructed much of the bomb and questioned hundreds of witnesses, but crucial physical evidence was los...