Terrorist Attack on USS Cole (DDG 67) and 17 Sailors Who Died: A Sailor Remembers
On October 12, 2000, suicide terrorists exploded a small boat alongside the USS Cole—a Navy Destroyer—as it was refueling in the Yemeni port of Aden. The blast ripped a 40-foot-wide hole near the waterline of the Cole, killing 17 American sailors and injuring many more. We quickly sent to Yemen more than 100 agents …