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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.
May 7, 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.
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Jan 31, 2003 · Richard C. Reid, who said he was a member of Al Qaeda and pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives concealed in his shoes, was sentenced today to life in...
Richard Reid, a British-born Muslim, tried to blow up a US flight from Paris to Miami with explosives in his shoes in December 2001. He was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 110 years by a US judge in January 2003, after pleading guilty and lashing out at the American Government.
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.
Feb 8, 2002 · The British Home Office says Richard Reid twice stayed at Feltham Young Offenders Institution in West London -- for 10 days in 1992 and a month in 1994. It was not known what charges led to...
