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Remembering The U.S.S. Cole, A Decade After The Naval Destroyer Was Attacked
[Today]…is the tenth anniversary of the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. On Oct. 12, 2000, the Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer pulled into the Port of Aden, in Yemen.
As it refueled, two al-Qaida recruits approached the vessel in a small boat that was loaded with explosives. They blew a 40-foot-wide hole in the side of the ship, killed 17 Americans, and wounded dozens more.
Take the time to listen to what happened from people who were there at the time–radio at its best–KSH (Hat tip:Elizabeth)