UPDATED 1:39 AM Police Diffuse Car Bomb In Times Square By: NY1 News
SNIPPET: Police are on the scene in Times Square this morning where authorities say they discovered and are in the process of dismantling a bomb inside an SUV.
The device, made of three propane tanks and two gasoline containers, apparently had a timing device attached to it. It was discovered by a passing New York City Police Department patrolman in a Nissan Pathfinder that was idling with its hazard lights on.
Firefighters were called to the scene at 45th Street and Seventh Avenue, where they discovered a smoking package inside the SUV. Bomb squad officers arrived soon after.
Initially police had received a call of a car fire just after 6 p.m.
There were reports from witnesses of a small explosion by the car, followed by many people running from the scene.
Police evacuated a block of 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues, and several Broadway theaters and restaurants were cleared of patrons.
it’s way too early to have this sorted out. Of course, we’ll get the scrubbed edition of what has happened. The who’s whats and wheres
MIRACLE in Times Square by any measure, no one killed or injured. Got lucky. But for the Grace of God. The more info is known the more I think we got lucky.