Experts on the scene estimate that it will take 3 to 6 months to resume use of the second largest port in the nation. 6 overpasses on the major highways leading into Philadelphia are structurally damaged by massive ammonium nitrate truck-bombs. All motor traffic into and out of the city is shunted onto secondary highways. Massive traffic snarls occur and fire, police and medical emergency vehicles find it difficult, if not impossible, to respond to calls. City officials expect the highway system to be repaired and made fully operational within 4 months.
Several groups claim responsibility for the bombings.
Large numbers of arrests are made, but no-one is brought to trial. A train is derailed in the middle of North Dakota by a small bomb constructed from a pound of homemade C-4. Within minutes another train is derailed in western Texas. 10 minutes after the second derailment CNN receives an anonymous call claiming that 5 other bombs are set to destroy other, unspecified rail lines. Again, multiple groups claim responsibility.