The Night Saboteurs Blew Up New York Harbor: The Forgotten Black Tom Explosion of 1916
Just after two in the morning, New York Harbor turned to daylight. A munitions depot the size of a small town had detonated, hurling shrapnel into the Statue of Liberty and shattering windows across two cities. It was no accident. It was an act of war, carried out on American soil while the nation still believed itself safely neutral. This is the story of the Black Tom explosion.