Brian J. Murray, 28, a member of the New York City police bomb squad, was killed disarming a device planted in a locker at Grand Central Station by terrorists who proceeded to La Guardia Airport and hijacked a Chicago-bound jetliner to Paris.
The terrorists represented a Croatian nationalist organization. The date was Sept. 11, 1976.
The bomb was taken to a police firing range.
"After setting a cutting instrument on the two wires attached to the device, the officers retreated from the pit for several minutes," Wikipedia said. "When they returned to the pit to continue dismantling the device, it exploded."
Shrapnel slashed Murray's neck. The blast injured three other officers. At Murray's funeral, a priest said from the pulpit: "Brian died because of anger, hatred and violence.”
The terrorists surrendered in Paris and went to prison. Murray left behind a wife and two children.
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