Thursday, March 06, 2008

Bomb Goes Off in Times Square, NY


Seriously, there's no way to keep stuff like this from happening except removing the reason for this crap. Even 24hr camera surveillance didn't help. Will someone see it? Doubtful. Will someone do something within the 15 seconds it took to do this? Pretty darn impossible. Fight the causes, not the symptoms.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.

The video shows the bicyclist getting off a bike at 3:40 a.m. Thursday and walking toward the building. A minute or so later, the person returned to the bike and rode away. A brief flash and a cloud of white smoke follows.

A bike, believed used in the crime, was later found in the trash on West 38th Street, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

The blast left a gaping hole in the front window and shattered a glass door, twisting and blackening its metal frame. No one was hurt, but Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the device, though unsophisticated, could have caused "injury and even death."

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