SUV in Times Square was rigged with explosives

SUV in Times Square was rigged with explosives, New York firefighter says

Reuters

Published on Saturday, May. 01, 2010 10:32PM EDT

Last updated on Saturday, May. 01, 2010 11:23PM EDT


The SUV that triggered the evacuation of Times Square on Saturday night contained explosives, gasoline, propane and burned wires, a New York firefighter told Reuters.

The officer, who did not give his name because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said a man was seen fleeing the car and police had evacuated several blocks around the popular tourist area in the centre of Manhattan in case there were other devices.

The officer said law-enforcement officials were treating the sport-utility vehicle as a “failed device.”

Police have not confirmed what exactly they found in the car.

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What happened to the 24 hour, non-stop prison shows?

maybe a detonation device.

that indeed they did find explosive material, propane tanks, black powder, gasoline and the wires to the device burned and it did not explode as planned. So who ever had it meant for it to explode and kill and cause panic. The thing is, since it didn't explode they have the car and the tags etc.

...hopefully it was an idiot who didn't know that.

You can store more than propane in a tank.

watch and see...he isn't keeping us safe....all those times stuff has been caught etc during the bush administration...this will be that Obama is not keeping us safe.

:evilgrin:

that area that could figure out how that SUV got there and who got out of it.

although overall it's a nasty way to live.

Is there a Tea Klan meeting in New York tomorrow?

So what was the pop and the flash?

It just keeps people suspicious and on edge.

what you do to see how people react. aka emergency services.

And given that they probably found where the detonator was supposed to be was empty... that should make a few people in the Task Force go... where is the real target?

Some of the details make shivers run down my back.

And in a general way... when I worked in EMS... one bomb meant our response had to slow down, as SOP, for fear of secondary devices.

This isn't some small town in the boonies.

precisely to keep people off track every so often.

There are many details here that really give me pause.

damn...

And let me add... they can and will speculate all about a furiegner origin to this, but I will NOT discount the internal threats.

Oh and secondary devices... is the Pope Catholic? Do bears shit in the woods?

No kidding sherlock