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Richard Colvin Reid (born 12 August 1973), also known as the Shoe Bomber, is the perpetrator of the failed shoe bombing attempt on a transatlantic flight in 2001. Born to a father who was a career criminal, Reid converted to Islam as a young man in prison after years as a petty criminal.
Jan 24, 2023 · On December 22, 2001, Richard Reid, a British Al Qaeda member, tried to blow up a Paris-Miami flight with bombs in his shoes. He was caught by passengers and crew, and sentenced to life in prison.
As Flight 63 was flying over the Atlantic Ocean, Richard Reid, an Islamic fundamentalist from the United Kingdom and self-proclaimed al-Qaeda operative, carried shoes that were packed with two types of explosives.
Richard Reid is a British Islamist militant who gained notoriety as the so-called Shoe Bomber in 2001 after he attempted—by igniting explosives hidden in the soles of his high-top basketball shoes—to blow up an airplane on which he and some 200 other passengers were traveling.
Mar 25, 2013 · CNN —. Here’s a look at the life of Richard Reid, who attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his sneakers while on an American Airlines flight. He is serving a life sentence at the US ...
Richard Reid, also known as the "shoe bomber", is a British al-Qaeda terrorist who tried to blow up a plane in 2001. Learn about his background, arrest, trial, and imprisonment from this web page.
Dec 6, 2003 · As he was dragged out of the courtroom, Richard Reid began yelling at Judge William Young, repeating his allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
