A Decade After USS Cole, Assessing Terror in Yemen Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A gaping hole mars the port side of the USS Cole after a terrorist bomb exploded and killed 17 U.S. sailors and injured 39 others on October 12, 2000 in the port of Aden, Yemen. ( U.S. Navy/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by Jen Poyant Produced by PRI and WNYC