STRANGE - a very noticeable SUV, lights flashing, smoke coming out of it - the only thing missing was loud music or sirens. A T-Shirt vendr saw the Nissan Pathfinder with..
.. its lights flashing and smoke billowing out the back around 6:30 PM Saturday evening.
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What?
Although Mayor Bloomberg did not describe it as an act of terrorism, he did say, "We avoided what we could have been a very deadly event. It certainly could have exploded and had a pretty big fire and a decent amount of explosive impact."
New York Police Commissioner, Kelly "I think the intent was to cause a significant ball of fire," said.
Obviously the people who did this wanted to really put the fear back in the hearts and minds of people in America and around the world in general, and New Yorkers in particular.
All of us still cringe when anyone even mentions the words "Nine-Eleven".
We have to agree with the mayor - this was really more of an "amature bomb scare" than a real attack on New Yorkers. But al the same, it is still very real and someone is definitely up to something.
There must be a serious and detailed investigation into this and any other attempts at stirring up fear and terror amongst innocent people regardless of their beliefs or faith. We need to know who is really behind these events.
Here is what we know so far --
New York City Police found what Mayor Blumberg called an "amateurish" but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking sport utility vehicle in Times Square, authorities said Sunday. Thousands of tourists were cleared from the streets for 10 hours while the bomb was dismantled.decent amount of explosive impact."
Investigators removed three propane tanks, fireworks, two filled 5-gallon gasoline containers, and two clocks with batteries, electrical wire and other components from the back of the Nissan Pathfinder, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. A black metal box resembling a gun locker was also recovered and will be detonated off site, he said.
Bloomberg called the explosive device "amateurish" and Kelly said the explosives were consumer-grade fireworks but could have caused huge damage on a block of Broadway theaters and restaurants teeming with tourists.
Firefighters who arrived shortly after first call heard a popping sound, said Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano, who described the sound as not quite an explosion.
The bomb appeared to be starting to detonate but malfunctioned, top police spokesman Paul Browne told The New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
No suspects were in custody, although Kelly said a surveillance video showed the car driving west on 45th Street before it parked between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Police were looking for more video from office buildings that weren't open at the time.
"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," Gov. David Paterson said in a statement.
A white robotic police arm broke windows of the dark-colored Pathfinder to remove any explosive materials. A Connecticut license plate on the vehicle did not match up, Bloomberg said. Police interviewed the Connecticut car owner, who told police he had sent the plates to a nearby junkyard, Bloomberg said.
Heavily armed police and emergency vehicles shut down the city's busiest streets, choked with taxis and theatergoers on one of the first summer-like days of the year.
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