Bombings
Weathermen claimed responsibility for at least twenty bombings between 1970 and 1975. Alpert was involved with several bombings and was the person who wrote the letters that were released to the press. Alpert was charged with bombing eight government and corporate office buildings during a three-month bombing spree. The bombings occurred in 1969. Targets included:
- Chase Manhattan
- New York Federal Building
- Standard Oil
- General Motors
- Marine Midland Bank
- Foley Square
- New York Police Headquarters
- United States Capitol
- United States State Department
- Armed Forces Induction Center
- New York Corporate Office
Alpert planted a bomb on the floor of the New York Federal Building which housed U.S. military. Alpert said that she felt a sense of hyperawareness surrounding her and she felt happy and fearful at the same time. Alpert watched the bomb go off from a distant building and she felt that the 2 A.M. eruption brought the revolution an inch or two closer. Alpert said that "the bombings had made us the toast of the movement and the talk of all New York. ... Weighed in the balance against the fear of arrest was the anticipated thrill that we would soon be openly celebrated as heroes."
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