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 ...
Sure thing, that's the ticket. Less than nothing happened here (/sarcasm).
toddstarnes (1 min ago)
REUTERS: Bomb squad dismantling what NYPD says appears to be car bomb in Times Square.
“CNNValencia Many of the items found in this car in Times Sqaure are carried by everyday vendors in NY.”
Yeah, and most of those everyday NYC vendors are Muslims!
any real time tv news reports about this ?
Yeah, I am sure that most vendors drive vehicles loaded with gasoline, flammable gas, and explosives (and bearing stolen license plates).
MSNBC is covering it.....
Ping!
MSNBC is actually doing a good job right now. Concerns for a secondary device.
‘First they came for Broadway’..
RodrigoBNO RT @lane1008: NYC media budget cuts apparent tonight. Almost every site-including NYT heavily using Reuters’ story instead of own reporters
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hmmm.
thank you
None nationally - FNC and CNN are not covering - at least as of 15 minutes ago
I think it’s only PMSnbc
A commie May Day attack? Commies were out in full force today. I was at their big rally in Union Square earlier.
They are doing a good job reporting....very surprising. This is the first time I’ve watched the news on TV in a couple of years.
thanks
Did you hear their terrorism expert say it sound exactly like the device used by AQ in London?
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