On this day, 32 years ago, on February 26, 1993 (February 6, 1993 in the lunar calendar), a major explosion occurred at the World Trade Center in New York. Exterior view of the World Trade Center Building At noon on February 26, 1993, a sudden and violent explosion occurred in the World Trade Center Building in New York, killing 5 people and injuring more than 700 others. It was called "the greatest tragedy New York has never seen in decades." The World Trade Center Building is located at the southern end of Manhattan Island in central New York and is the world's second largest skyscraper. Ambulances swarmed in and officials investigated the cause of the explosion in the basement of the building