Heroic cops stopped a car bomb from blowing up in the heart of Times Square Saturday night, officials told the Daily News.
Two female cops patrolling the area noticed a man fumbling with something in the back of a Nissan SUV parked on the southwest corner of 45th St. and Broadway about 7 p.m. The man saw the officers looking and took off running.
The two cops went to the car and saw smoke, clusters of canisters and heard something fizzing, a source said. The quick-acting cops called for backup, and the bomb squad was on the way as the Crossroads of the World was evacuated.
"It looks as if the perp was trying to light it up, and was interrupted by the cops, panicked and took off," a law enforcement source said.
"It looked like someone tried to detonate it and we got to it in time," another source said. "This is a big deal. It has the makings of a real car bomb."
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But what about #463, where the smoke/fire was noted by *A* passing policeman?
Heroic cops stopped a car bomb from blowing up in the heart of Times Square Saturday night, officials told the Daily News.
How can they be heroic if there’s no terrorism or car bomb?