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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: A Bombing At LaGuardia Airport (1975) [Archive Favorite]
Description: [[It's the heart of the summer, which means that our crew is taking some breaks here and there. In the meantime, we'll bring you some favorite episodes from the vaults -- and we'll be back with new episodes very soon!]]Itβs December 29th. This day in 1975, a bomb, planted in a luggage locker, exploded at NYCβs LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 and injuring 74. If it had gone off just minutes earlier, it would have killed hundreds more.Jody and Niki discuss who was responsible for the bombing, the prevalence of scattered violence in the 1970s, and...