On March 11 , 2004 , bombs on nine trains in Madrid left nine dead and wounded . The attacks took place near the home of Vera de Benito 's Al Goodman , who recalls the incident . `` All the bad things already happened to me . Father of CNN , aged nine at the time , had boarded one of the ill-fated trains . This week the main victim groups are expected to unite at a mass for the first time in years .
On March 11 , 2004 , bombs on nine trains in Madrid left nine dead and wounded . The attacks took place near the home of Vera de Benito 's Al Goodman , who recalls the incident . Father of CNN , aged nine at the time , had boarded one of the ill-fated trains . This week the main victim groups are expected to unite at a mass for the first time in years .