AMERICAN AIRLINES BOMBING SUSPECT IS TAKEN FROM POLICE BARRACKS, 2001-12-23 (photo)

Federal prosecutors on December 23, 2001 identified a 28-year-old man who allegedly tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight as Richard C. Reid, and the FBI laboratory said his shoes contained two explosive devices. They charged Reid in a criminal complaint with interfering with the performance of duties of flight crew members or attendants by assault and intimidation after he allegedly tried to set his shoes aflame and ignite the explosives as he sat in the coach section of a Boeing 767 on Dec. 22. Passengers and 12 crew members subdued Reid, who was carrying a British passport issued by the British Embassy in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 7. French authorities have identified him as Tariq Rashid from Sri Lanka. The suspect is photographed while being taken from the Massachusetts State Police barracks at Logan International Airport in Boston December 22. REUTERS/Brian Snyder BS/HK/SV