U.S. Bank Tower In Los Angeles Reportedly Targeted In Thwarted 2002 Attack

LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 09: The U.S. Bank Tower, formerly known as the Library Tower, is seen as the tallest on the downtown skyline amid smoke from wildfires in Orange and Los Angeles Counties on February 9, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. U.S. President George W. Bush announced today that an al-Qaeda plot to fly a hijacked airliner into the tallest building in Los Angeles was foiled in 2002. The plot supposedly began in October 2001 and was overseen by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of al-Qaeda's operations chief responsible for the September 11 attacks. The downtown highrise is more than 1,000 feet high and is reportedly the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)