Small explosive device thrown at military recruitment office in Times Square, Manhattan

ABC News | Gigantor

[Gigantor]

Breaking: small explosive device thrown at military recruiting office in Times Square, New York City.

[Gigantor]

No one hurt, Times Square is closed down.

[Jet Jaguar]

ping.

[Westlander]

Probably Dan Rather creating another news story.

[DoughtyOne]

Actually, some action like this may turn out to be a good thing in the long run. Let’s those who hate the military start this nonsense. It will get them all labeled as terrorists.

Isn’t it amazing what peaceniks will stoop to. (As if...)

[toldyou]

Found a webcam:

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=46hd&cam_type=large

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks for the link. I saw the police stringing crimescene tape from half a world away.

[carumba]

Was it a cherry bomb, a silver salute, or dry ice in a pop bottle?

[mark3681]

Live Web Cam

Pretty neat! Thanks.

Any links to a news story on this incident?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

But, Ruby Julie-Annie made the city so safe... How could this be?

[toldyou]

“Thanks for the link. I saw the police stringing crimescene tape from half a world away.”

And I was going to say, “Good Morning” when I posted. :)

[Gigantor]

An incendiary device, is all I know.

(no, not a lit cigarette, either)

[Jet Jaguar]

Nearly 1900 local.

[Cindy]

Thanks for the cam.
Looks like officers are still there in the area.

[Boston Blackie]

Just the moonbats showing their support for the troops.

[~Kim4VRWC's~]

I can hardly believe it. Glad no one’s hurt.....

The military has enough to deal with, sorry they have to deal with homemade whackos too.

[~Kim4VRWC's~]

That link is amazing...thanks

[~Kim4VRWC's~]

an fyi ping

[toldyou]

“Any links to a news story on this incident?”

I don’t even know how Gigantor found out about this...I just happened upon the thread.

[Cindy]

banner only:

http://www.foxnews.com

“Breaking News >> Explosion Reported at Times Square Military Recruiting Station; Traffic, Subway Diverted”

[~Kim4VRWC's~]

ping for you too...

[Uncle Ike]

” (no, not a lit cigarette, either) “

Couldn’t be — Mayor Bloomberg has all-but outlawed cigarettes (lit or otherwise) in NYC...

[ari-freedom]

there we go. we’ll ban cigarettes for national security reasons

[calcowgirl]

Thanks!

[Cindy]

http://www.foxnews.com/urgent_queue/index.html#10b8e5e7,2008-03-06

“The Urgent Queue...From Our Desk To Yours
LIVE: REM 17 TIMES SQUARE EXPLOSION
Thursday, Mar. 06 2008”

[spotbust1]

ping

[arthurus]

"Small explosive device"

Firecracker, maybe? Maybe even a cherry bomb. Are cherry bombs still made?

[freema]

PING

Times Square still closed.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Per that link:

“police found another unexploded device”

[Cindy]

New url:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335435,00.html

“Explosion Hits Military Recruiting Station at New York’s Times Square”
Thursday, March 06, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “DEVELOPING STORY — An explosion has been reported in New York’s Times Square. It happened on 43rd and 8th at the military recruiting station at approximately 3:45 a.m.

A witness decribed the explosion as, “loud enough that people at the marriott marquis heard it and saw a puff of smoke.”

All traffic in the area has been diverted. Police have closed 46th to 42nd between 6th and 8th streets.”

[Riley]

Couldn’t be — Mayor Bloomberg has all-but outlawed cigarettes (lit or otherwise) in NYC...

And at nine plus bucks a pack, one doesn't just go throwing them around.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Per Fox News link, another unexploded device has been found at the scene.

Hope they clear this up soon. My office is just a few blocks from there, and I take the subway line that runs right under Times Square.

May the perp(s) be caught and dealt with. NYC is a very lefty liberal place on the whole, but since 9/11 the attitude towards any kind of terrorism is quite hawkish.

[Bodhi1]

CNN.com: Authorities said the blast occurred around 3:45 a.m. Witnesses described the explosion as small, according to The Associated Press. There were no images of serious damage or evidence of injuries in footage from the scene. Police and fire squads were in the area around West 43rd Street. They gathered outside a military recruiting station with a large hole in the front window, the AP reported.

[Cindy]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/06/times.square/index.html

updated 1 minute ago

“Small blast halts Times Square
subways”
(CNN) —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Police and fire squads were in the area around West 43rd Street. They gathered outside a military recruiting station with a large hole in the front window, the AP reported.

Subway service has been stopped to Times Square. “

[Cindy]

I hope it is cleared up soon, too.

OPINON:

I’m sure the area needs to be checked thoroughly before reopening to the public.

[Cindy]

Yes.
I’ll turn on my TV to monitor.

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks for the updates.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Probably some dumb kid with an ash can or an M-80. This kinda stuff would never be “internationally breaking news” 20 or 30 years ago.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Exactly, and that’s likely to take some time and cause a huge commuting mess.

[Cindy]

Ok

[tje]

Code Pink?

[BROKKANIC]

Libs like to protest violence with violence.

[mware]

Damn, it is going to get ugly at Berkley.

[mware]

blew out the window, Not a cheery bomb for sure.

[nina0113]

My office is just a few blocks from there, and I take the subway line that runs right under Times Square.

I think you're gonna be late to work.

[mware]

Fox & Friends said that a man on a bicycle was seen throwing an object into the office door. From the sketcy details dont know if they got him or not. May have found another bomb unexploded.

[nina0113]

Probably some dumb kid with an ash can or an M-80.

Since it's NYC I'm not so sure - a co-worker of mine moved down to DC from there and said that they don't even have sparklers. Not that they couldn't zip over to Pennsylvania (maybe NJ, too) and get some, but if you don't grow up with a tradition of fireworks, it's not the first thing you think of when you're looking for disruption opportunities. Trashcan fire, maybe.

[Vaquero]

But, Ruby Julie-Annie made the city so safe... How could this be?

WOW that is LAME. his successor Bloomie, has been in office since January 1 2002, right after 9/11.

Giuliani is not presidential material at all but given what he had to work with...he was a friggin genius in stopping crime in NYC. You really have no idea do you?

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Present from Berkeley?

[Kakaze]

Cowards, among us.

[mware]

ping