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Gov. Paterson: Car Bomb An 'Act Of Terrorism'
Genius.The NYPD is checking surveillance cameras around Times Square Sunday as they search for suspects in the car bomb scare. "We're in the process of identifying additional cameras which may have captured images of the vehicle and more important, people seen driving or leaving the vehicle," said NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. The FBI is also involved in the investigation. All City cops whose shift was supposed to end at midnight were kept on the job overnight, and checks were conducted in the outer boroughs for any suspicious activity that might be related to the incident. Police also said the license plate on the rear of the SUV did not belong to the vehicle, rather it was traced to a man who said it was on a car that he left at a junk yard. An SUV found parked on 45th Street Saturday evening was loaded with explosives, smoking and moments from blowing up when an alert t-shirt vendor noticed something wasn't right and alerted a mounted police officer. That officer, Wayne Radigan, evacuated the block and called for reinforcements. He was congratulated by Governor Paterson, Commissioner Kelly, and other officials early Sunday morning for his actions. "We avoided what could have been a very deadly event," Mayor Bloomberg said. "Firefighters, emergency service officers and the bomb squad responded and the bomb squad confirmed that the suspicious vehicle did indeed contain an explosive device," Bloomberg said. Packed inside the dark green Nissan Pathfinder were three propane tanks, consumer-grade fireworks, two full five-gallon gasoline containers, two clocks, some electrical wire, and a metal gun locker. The vehicle was abandoned with its engine on and hazard lights flashing, but police don't yet know who was driving it. Police immediately shut down Times Square, canceled Broadway shows, evacuated the Marriott Marquis, and ushered thousands of people outside the barriers. Bloomberg said the bomb scare is another reminder that New York is a terrorist target and everyone has to be vigilant. "Message, New Yorkers, is what we've been saying for an awful long time. Terrorists around the world who feel threatened by the freedoms that we have in this country and want to take those freedoms away from us always focus on the symbol of those freedoms, and that is New York City," Bloomberg said. Governor David Paterson issued a statement following the car bomb scare. "We owe an incredible debt of gratitude to the heroic actions of the New York City Police Department and to a single vigilant New Yorker who identified a suspicious vehicle near Times Square in New York City," he said. "Luckily, no one is hurt, and now the full attention of city, state and federal law enforcement will be turned to bringing the guilty party to justice in this act of terrorism." Oblahblah has been so lucky twice now that we know of. This run will not continue. Liberals need to go bye-bye because they keep going the wrong way on security issues like surveillance of terrorists and border security and illegal aliens (which has nothing to do with "immigration" unless it is just being used as a tool to pacify people's reaction to illegal aliens). Was this bomb built by Pakistani nationals on vacation in this country? Posted by: gorb 2010-05-02 |
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