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#FixingTheNationNTV | On August 7, 1998, a devastating bomb blast targeted the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of a coordinated attack with a similar bombing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Nairobi bombing resulted in the deaths of 213 people and injured over 5,000.
27 years later, families who lost their loved ones seek compensation. |
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Bomb Blast 1998: Narrations From Survivors, Families of Victims and First Responders
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