videos of al qaeda cleric awlaki, became radical, and plotted in 2012 to throw pipe bombs on to the s.r. 91 freeway and then gun down motorists in the aftermath. the pair also planned to target riverside city college by planting pipe bombs in the crowded cafeteria. the deadly plot stopped not by law enforcement but by marquez himself who backed out in fear after other terror arrests around the same time. as time passed, marquez said the two then grew apart. the farook and marquez relationship is something that fbi agents and historyons and counterterrorism officials will be studying for years. reporter: three years later as gunfire rang out in san bernardino, marquez would immediate recognize his friend s handiwork. just hours after the shooting, marquez called 911 telling the operator, the [ explosive ] used my gun in the shooting,
he s been continuing to provide information to authorities, is that right? that s exactly right. one of the most alarming discovery s the san bernardino shooting was not farook s first plot but the second. that they had another plan three years ago, potentially just as deadly, possibly more so. major attack on a highway and a college and that attack thwarted th not by the authorities including buying the weapons but because they got spooked. reporter: this busy california highway nearly became the sight of a deadly terror attack. enrique said the two watched videos of the al qaeda cleric, became radical and plotted in 2012 to throw pipe bombs on to the sr-91 freeway and then gun
awlaki, became radical and plotted in 2012 to throw pipe bombs on to the sr-91 freeway and then gun down motorists in the aftermath. the pair also planned to target riverside city college by planting pipe bombs in the crowded cafeteria. the deadly plot stopped not by law enforcement but by marquez himself who backed out in fear after other terror arrests around the same time. as time passed marquez says the two then grew apart. the farook and marquez relationship is something that fbi agents and his tor yans and counterterrorism officials will be studying for years because it is very rare to have that kind of intimacy, the radicalization process, the conversion process and then it seems to have marquez walk away from it. three years later as gunfire rang out in san bernardino, marquez would immediately recognize his friend s handy work. just hours after the shooting marquez called 911 telling the