Los Angeles

Los Angeles (abbreviated L.A.) was a large city located on the west coast of California in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles used the Pacific Standard Time.

Terrorism

Los Angeles proved to be a prime target for terrorism many times, and though most of these incidents were not revealed to the public, several terrorist incidents were successful and caused much damage and panic in the city.

The Los Angeles branch of the Counter Terrorist Unit was one of the most active government agencies in the nation.

Day 1

While visiting Los Angeles to campaign for the democratic nomination during the Presidential Primaries, two assassination attempts were made on Senator David Palmer. Both attempts were thwarted by Jack Bauer and the Los Angeles CTU.

Day 2

A nuclear weapon was almost detonated in Los Angeles during Day Two. The bomb was disposed of in the Mojave Desert not far from the city. If the bomb had exploded in Los Angeles, the devastation would have been incomprehensible, not only monetarily, but also politically. Lives lost would have been in the millions.

Day 3

The events of Day 3 involved several vials of a deadly virus being released in the city. The remaining vials were found, however hundreds of people were killed when the virus was released in the Chandler Plaza Hotel and during the subsequent outbreak caused by a man who left the hotel.

Day 4

The events of Day 4 were some of the worst in US history with the derailing of a train, the kidnapping of the Secretary of Defense inside the city, the meltdown of a nuclear power plant, the detonation of an EMP device in the city and the destruction of Air Force One.

Day 5

The events of Day 5 have included the assassination of former President David Palmer, the hostage takeover of Ontario Airport, the theft of Sentox nerve gas and its subsequent release in a shopping mall, the threatened release in an area hospital, the successful release of the gas in CTU headquarters, resulting in the deaths of 40% of CTU personnel, the detonation of many of the remaining canisters in a gas plant, and the final canister of gas being released aboard the Russian submarine Natalia.

Day 6

During Day 6, a suicide bomber destroyed a bus in downtown LA, killing himself and as many as 23 others. Another suicide bomber attempted to detonate a bomb in a vest on a subway, only to be stopped and shoved out of the train by Jack Bauer, when the vest exploded, killing only the bomber. More tragically, a nuclear detonation occured outside of LA in Valencia at approximately 9:58am PST, killing at least 12,000 people within minutes.

Background information and notes

• Every episode of 24 has been filmed and set at least in part in Los Angeles.