Jihad in Brooklyn : the NYPD raid that stopped America's first suicide bombers / Samuel M. Katz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the morning of July 31, 1997, two young Palestinian men living in Brooklyn, New York, were prepared to sacrifice themselves as martyrs to their bloody cause. Their plan: to board a subway filled with commuters, wait until the train was traveling through the tunnel under the East River, and then detonate a shrapnel-infused explosive that they had built in their apartment. The attack would have killed hundreds, possibly even thousands, while sending the city - and the nation - into a state of panic." "This is the true story of how the NYPD learned of the impending attack and made a daring predawn raid on the terrorist hideout. The gripping series of events began with an Egyptian immigrant who alerted the police. Coordinating an assault with limited resources and manpower, six brave members of the NYPD moved in and reached the terrorists when they literally had their fingers on the trigger - saving countless lives, preventing a disaster that would have paralyzed New York City, and alerting the nation that, in today's world, violence and terror can begin at home.