Times Square Block Shut Down [Bomb Squad Summoned]

Wall St. Journal ^ | May 01st 2010

[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.

[Pinkbell]

Yeah. The anchor on MSNBC mused that they would find out later if it was perhaps just a car with explosives that happened to be smoking. (What?) He said sometimes vendors use those materials. In fairness, he did then say that police shot down that theory.

[Liberty Valance]

Again, today was commie May Day (May 1)

**** the commies.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Wait, you know what, that would make sense. Since they are there, kinda late on the payback though, aren’t they over a week late

[Doogle]

Guess we’ll never know why they suspected a secondary bomb, or where.

...London MO

[rdl6989]

Reuters quoted a New York Fire Department official as saying the vehicle was found to contain explosives, gasoline, propane and burned wires. The officer, who did not give his name because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said a man was seen fleeing the vehicle. But the New York Times reported that a federal official said the incident was not considered a terrorist threat

MSM double talk. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36892505/ns/us_news-security/

[marajade]

yeah that exchange with Janet Napolitano with Lindsay Graham the other day was pretty sad I really expected more from her

[advance_copy]

It is right there... right where Broadway hits 7th Ave.

[yield 2 the right]

Any chance of “24” being Preempted due to this event and this season plot line?
Praying continues.

[txhurl]

The suspicious SUV was parked in front of the theatre housing THE LION KING.

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Noted, thank you.

[jimbo123]

Definitely targeting Comedy Central’s offices at 1515 Broadway. South Park payback.

There probably isn’t a secondary device, then.

Muslims are insane.

[onyx]

Mercifully, I missed that one.

[Batman11]

“Might have been targeting Comedy Central offices at 1515 Broadway, not the Lion King. Muslim payback for South Park...”

Isn’t there a military recruiting office in that area?

[funfan]

Just a harmless prank right

[CyberAnt]

Fox is covering - 5 x 5

[jimbo123]

Car bomb was targeting Comedy Central and South Park. Lion King happens to be in the same building.

[Fabozz]

It's not weird for the bomb not to explode, because the bomb maker is clearly an idiot. Gasoline, propane tanks and gunpowder are lousy explosives--barely even worth bothering with. If everything had gone perfectly, the bomber might have caused some passers-by some really nasty burns, and maybe some lacerations from flying glass.

Now, somebody reported acetylene bottles in the car. That would work. But that's still amateur hour compared to real explosives like TNT or PETN that are perfectly within the manufacturing capabilities of a real terrorist organization. If the bomber knew how to make a reliable trigger, then he'd know how to make real explosives too. His choice of materials marks him as a lone wacko.

[FL911]

Is there a description of the suspect?

[comps4spice]

How long before someone in the MSM attempts to tie this to the Tea Party?

[Sarah Barracuda]

Yeah, where it was parked really doesn’t matter..men, women, children..these bastards want to kill everyone

[PghBaldy]

Eric Rudolph did that too.