Photos: 25 years later, the '98 bomb blast memories still linger

First responders who arrived at the scene try rescue fefforts. [File, Standard]

With two monster bombs loaded onto the back of trucks and a trail of carnage in East Africa, the world was introduced to Osama bin Laden three years before the September 11 attacks in New York would make him a household name.

Rescue teams that were deployed at the scene. [File, Standard]

"When 9/11 happened it was shocking and surprising, but a precedent had been set here in East Africa."

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka arrives at the Memorial park for a service in honor of the 1998 bomb blast attack. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Today marks 25 years after the attack. [File, Standard]