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 ...
“They say that I won’t last too long
On Broadway
I’ll catch a Greyhound bus for home they say
But they’re dead wrong, I know they are
‘Cause I can rig this here car bomb
And I won’t quit till I’m a martyr
On Broadway...”
NBC News used to have a great reputation for “live news”.
Now they are know for Olberman.
Sad.
toddstarnes Man seen running from Times Square SUV
2 minutes ago via TweetDeck
I wonder if the device had worked if they would be reporting on it?
So this was an attempted terrorist attack..and a muslim seen fleeing from the scene..oh those wonderful peace loving muslims..how will Obama explain this one
People tend to say, “Where was God?” when things go wrong. I want to take this opportunity to thank Him that the detonator didn’t work. A very literal “thank God”!
The car bombs that were supposed to blow up nightclubs in London fizzled also.
Flashback:
Police find two car bombs in central London
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2919779720070629
Police found two car bombs packed with gasoline, propane and nails in London’s teeming theater district on Friday, averting attacks that echoed an earlier al Qaeda plot and could have killed or maimed scores of people.
Officers defused the first bomb, found in a green Mercedes parked outside one of London’s biggest nightclubs, the cavernous Tiger Tiger, at around 1 a.m. (8 p.m. EDT), when hundreds were packed inside for “Sugar ‘n Spice Ladies Night”.
Now someone on FNC calling it a ‘cowardly act’ - = terrorism.
FINALLY Fox News is covering it
Dont know, but I expect Holder will send a fleet of attorneys in to observe and assist the perps in their civil rights case against NYC (if they arrest someone it is obviously because of racial profiling and a violation of their civil rights)
Flashback: 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Glasgow_International_Airport_attack
What was Fox doing before, covering some missing white chick in Bermuda?
Always good to count our blessings!!!
I just noticed that...take care!
They were showing some stupid repeat. I had to turn to MSNBC, you have no idea how painful that was.
Replaying Fox News Watch!!!
Maybe homeland security will leave the oil spill in the gulf alone and start doing their real job now - NOT! How long til the first reporter blames it on the tea partiers?
Wow.
Mohammedans at it again?
Sheesh.
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