Posted on 05/02/2010 3:02:46 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Wow, I solved something? Just by my natural curiosity? :)
You did the actual connecting of the dots. I just pointed out one small dot!
hmmm NO. It was not alerted because it was smoking. That became evident post alert.
The initial attention was because it was blocking, or at least interfering with where buses needed to turn. It also was running and had it's flashers going. I hope something like that would draw my attention. The guy I saw interviewed, the street vendor, was a very well spoken, and "clean cut", black guy. Not at all the image that you might have of Times Square street vendor. I was really surprised. He is also a Vietnam veteran, and might just have a bit higher than usual sense of "something not right", developed the hard way.
It's out now. I found it underwhelming. But it's about all they've got at this point. Should have more later, unless the guy was a lot more careful (rubber gloves, everything wiped down, etc) than I suspect he was. He likely didn't bother since that sort of thing would have destroyed in the explosion/fire that he expected to happen.
I saw Duane Jackson on Fox this morning. I tend to agree with your assessment of his character. I’m still not clear about the other vendor, Lance Horton, who has also been credited with alerting.
Well, apparently it was some Pakistani upset at SouthPark.
But why did he have 18-20 keys on his ring in the truck?
It was parked at a wack angle.
The hazard lights sometimes indicate “I’ll be right back,” so he might have done that to make sure it was ignored for a while.
Shrapnel would be nails, BB-type lead or things that would blow out the back or sides, not ring-constrained metal objects below the dash.
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