Tags: Criminal.
Richard Colvin Reid (born 12 August 1973) also known as the Shoe Bomber is an Englishman who attempted to detonate explosives packed into the shoes he was wearing while on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. Born to a father who was a career criminal Reid converted to Islam as a young man in prison after years as a petty criminal himself. Later he became radicalized and went to Pakistan and Afghanistan where he trained and became a member of al-Qaeda.
