I remember when the ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT came on… talking about what happened… I was in the hospital having surgery on my ears and it was on my television.
I had a few nurses who sat on my bed and was watching it with me… and I remember them covering their open mouths in disbelief.

I was trying to comprehend what was going on because I was only 13 at the time… but I do remember it.
It’s an absolute shame that a majority of Americans have forgotten about it.

Do you guys remember it? Where was you when you first heard about it??

I was also 13 and remember it well.

I remember it. I was a sophomore then.
That's when I decided I wanted to go into the military. Ended up not happening because I had to many knee issues and couldn't pass the physical.
Iran was responsible for the bombing.
It killed over 200 Marines plus Navy Seals and several soldiers from the French military IIRC.
This is just one of the many terroristic attacks on the United States that Iran has been solely responsible for and or linked to over the last 40 years. We should have made a sheet of glass out of Iran when it happened instead of walking on egg shells.

My Uncle Alan, my mom's brother, was the chief security officer there at the time and he was in the blast. He heard gunfire and was going out the door when the bomb detonated. I was at Indian Head, MD at the time and went to visit him in the hospital. He was a mess, but is doing well now.

Washington Post Article....

The chief security officer for the U.S. Embassy in Beirut who was injured in the bombing there 10 days ago was in fair condition yesterday at Fairfax Hospital.

Alan O. Bigler, a Reston resident who was severely wounded in the Oct. 20 suicide bombing that claimed two American lives, arrived at Andrews Air Force Base late Friday after being flown from a U.S military hospital in West Germany. He was taken directly to Fairfax Hospital where he is still unable to speak because of facial swelling, hospital officials said.

Bigler, 35, had expresed "unease" about the move of American personnel to new quarters in an East Beirut Annex. Bigler had indicated that he considered it unwise to move into the annex until all security measures had been completed, according to sources in Lebanon.

Dr. Steven Larson said yesterday that Bigler has multiple facial lacerations and a broken nose. He is also suffering a partial hearing loss and slight paralysis of the right side of his face, Larson said.

"The doctors say he is really happy to be home and lucky to be alive, he's lucky to even have his sight," said spokesman Lon Walls. Blast Victim Is Treated In Fairfax

The chief security officer for the U.S. Embassy in Beirut who was injured in the bombing there 10 days ago was in fair condition yesterday at Fairfax Hospital.