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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.
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. He had been refused permission to board the flight the day before.
Jan 24, 2023 · On December 22, 2001, three months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Richard Reid, 28, a British citizen and Al Qaeda member, attempts to detonate homemade bombs hidden in his shoes while aboard...
Feb 4, 2015 · More than 13 years after his failed attempt to blow up a US passenger plane with wires and explosives hidden in his shoes, Richard Reid believes his actions were permissible under Islamic law.
Aug 8, 2024 · 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. Reid was the only son.
Overview. Richard Reid—known colloquially as the “shoe bomber”—is a British national who attempted to destroy a civilian airliner with a shoe-bomb in December 2001. According to prosecutors, Reid had previously trained alongside al-Qaeda in Afghanistan from 1998 to 1999.
Dec 28, 2001 · Born and raised in London, Richard Reid has been sentenced in the US after admitting trying to blow up an airliner using bombs hidden in his shoes.
Jan 31, 2003 · Richard Reid, the man known as the shoe bomber, has been sentenced to life in prison at a court in Boston. During his sentencing hearing, he once again pledged allegiance to Osama Bin Laden. It...
Mar 25, 2013 · This police mug shot shows 28-year-old alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid after his arrest December 24, 2001, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
British-born Richard Reid is sentenced to life in jail for trying to bomb an American Airlines flight carrying 197 people.
