Historical Marker
Dry Moat and Counterscarp
Historical marker location:
Staten Island, New York
( Marker is on Tompkins Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Fort Wadsworth. Gateway NatÂ’l Rec Area.
New York State was the site of the deadliest terrorist attack in United States history prior to 9/11. In 1993, a bomb planted in the World Trade Center by Islamic extremists killed six people and injured more than a thousand others.