Posted on 05/01/2010 7:00:18 PM PDT by Steelfish
Times Square Block Shut Down
By SEAN GARDINER and R.M. SCHNEIDERMAN
NYPD closed off streets from 42nd to 47th along Broadway in New York City. Police shut down a block in the heart of Times Square Saturday night after receiving a call about a suspicious car fire, delaying some Broadway shows by more than an hour.
The call came in just after 6:30 and as of 9 p.m., 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues had not been opened. When police initially responded, they saw smoke coming out of the car but no fire.
Dustin Drankoski for the Wall Street Journal NYPD closed off streets from 42nd to 47th along Broadway in New York City. Police said a bomb squad investigation was on the scene and that the car on fire was a sport utility vehicle had license plates that didn't match the make of the car, raising suspicions.
On one of the theater district's busiest nights, some shows, including "The Lion King," were delayed by an hour or more, according to the Broadway World website.
Oprah Winfrey was in attendance of the new hit "Fela," being shown at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on West 49th Street, and the production began on time and wasn't interrupted.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Ping.
I could have sworn this happened 6 months ago....
Bomb squad still unloading red gasoline cans from the SUV.
The muslim who drove the SUV car bomb and ran off after parking it is probably a blood brother of the imposter from Kenya.
Thank you Jimbo123 for the ping, and thank you FourPeas for the additional details.
Thank the Lord this was caught and no one was injured.
NYC had some of the most beautiful weather today in decades and the entire city was outside in the parks, streets, Times Square. Thank God the muslim’s car bomb detonator failed.
twitter a buzz...
mpoppel NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT SOURCE TELLS REUTERS THE VEHICLE THAT CAUSED TIME SQUARE EVACUATION WAS FOUND TO HAVE EXPLOSIVES IN IT
1 minute ago via web
Cindy, I just noticed how your post ended and how mine began! LOL! I was just adding my comment, not responding
to yours! :-D
Thanks for the updates. We’re probably seeing stuff that won’t be included in the news stories. Freepers really are the greatest.
People saw a muslim park the car and run off in a suspicious manner and didn’t report anything to the police.
If the detonator hadn’t misfired, a lot of people would have been killed.
toddstarnes (Fox News)
FDNY now says Reuters story about bomb is INCORRECT. Stay tuned, tweeps. A crazy night in Times Square.
half a minute ago via TweetDeck
That’s almost inconceivable, that no one reported it!!!
curious as hell to see how this plays out
Seems like a subtle to not so subtle escalation may be going on, to me.
Am I off base?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/nyregion/02timessquare.html
Suspected Bomb Prompts Clearing of Times Square
So now the coverup and re-writes begin. Nothing happened, just a car fire (with a lot of gas cannisters....)
And a muslim running the other way.
The SUV is parked very close to a production of “The LionKing” on 45th Street. Women in evening gowns were among the crowd on one of the warmest nights of the year and the busiest night of the week for Broadway theaters in the area.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/times_square_car_smoke_scare_TyBE8K6vF3PzScpS9xG0XP#ixzz0mjlJN3rx
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