“250 pounds of ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel”
Maybe you missed that part. Ever hear of Oklahoma City?
Plus two 25 pound propane cylinders and a pair of 5 gallon gas cans. The FBI technical folks matched what the bastard had in his car. In a place like Times Square at that time of day hundreds could have been killed, more maimed. The shock wave alone would have ripped people apart.
No I didn’t miss that part ANFO is pretty hard to set off without a high order explosive attached to it. You need something with a detonation velocity of 20,000 ft/sec or higher to initiate. I made many of those when I was in the service 40 years ago.