Attempt To Blow Up Heart Of Times Square Fails After Home Made Car Bomb Fizzles

Last night just after 6 pm a home made car bomb, containing 3 propane tanks and 2 containers of gasoline, electrical wires, black powder and some sort of timing device, put in a green VIN-less Nissan Pathfinder, situated on the corner of 45th and Broadway, was prevented from killing numerous people in the heart of Times Square, on 45th and Broadway. According to a hotdog vendor eye witness account, quoted by CNN, the car had filled with smoke and actually exploded, however the explosion was subdued. At that point a bomb squad appeared and managed to diffuse the bomb. The car bore license plates registered to a Connecticut-based Ford F-150. Mayor Bloomberg rushed back to New York from Washington and was quoted as saying: "We are very lucky that we avoided what could have been a
very deadly event. We have no idea who did this or why.” It is unclear whether the organizers of the terrorist attempt were foreign-based or domestic. Looks like Goldman Sachs and a bankrupt Greece are finally going to be dropped from the front page, for at least a few hours. And, as always, nothing like a "failed terror attempt" as a cohesive force to consolidate an increasingly polarized population.

More from the NY Post:

Authorities searched the immediate area for any possible secondary devices, but no other areas were evacuated. Also an NYPD and federal manhunt for the suspect began.

"It looked like something digital. It went off, it just didn’t go off like it was intended to," a law-enforcement source told The Post.

Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who were in Washington last night for the White House Correspondents Dinner, immediately rushed back to the city. President Obama was alerted and was monitoring the situation.

"The president commended the quick action by the NYPD and...the federal government is prepared to provide support," Obama spokesman Nick Shapiro said in a statement.

Witnesses said they saw a man running from the SUV but cops couldn’t confirm that last night. The vehicle was parked at such an angle that investigators believed the driver had pulled over in a hurry.

The improvised explosive device certainly could have claimed many lives if it hadn’t failed, sources said.

"It definitely was going to be a substantial fire and explosion," a source said.

"Anybody in the immediate area could have been killed."

Witnesses described the chaotic scene seconds after smoke started coming from the vehicle.

Comments

[cossack55]

I'll have one.  Can I get mine anally inserter?

[BGO]

NYC has cameras that cover quite literally every square inch of Times Square.

[whoopsing]

Tut exhibit is in town,IDK good as any guess I guess

[dumpster]

was a toyota ,, some guy with tools trying to unstick the gas peddle,,,

the bomb was his lunch ,, and a hot bottle of beer that blew  up ,,,

Coors is trying to change the subject

[Rick64]

Good one