NYPD are being especially careful because of the failed car bomb attempt in Times Square on Saturday, May 1, 2010.Īre The Terrorists Winning Even If People Aren’t Dying? There are several blocks closed as a precaution due to the worry over a possible bombing. Several streets have been closed as a precaution because the cooler was found a few blocks from where a smoking SUV and failed car bomb was found Saturday night. It was the second suspicious-package call and at least partial evacuation in the area today. The package “looks like a cooler,” a police spokesman said. It was the second suspicious-package call and at least partial evacuation in the area of the day, according to the New York Times.
Part of Times Square was evacuated between West 44th and West 47th Streets after the police received reports of a suspicious package at Broadway and West 46th Street at about 12:45 p.m. "We don't have things like this in New Jersey.Part of Times Square had to be evacuated after a suspicious package was found in the vacinity. "Instead, I'm going back where there's no air and no light,'' Goldfine said, standing near the hotel. Henry Goldfine, an attorney from New Jersey attending a meeting at the Marriott Marquis, said earlier he had planned to relax on the Times Square pedestrian mall but was turned away. The evacuation comes six days after an SUV with explosives was left in Times Square resulting in the arrest of Faisal Shahzad. New York's bomb squad responded to a suspicious piece of luggage abandoned on a sidewalk in the Times Square neighborhood on Wednesday that was later determined to be harmless, police said. The package was found near 45th Street and Broadway, officials said. Cars approaching the area were told to turn back as an eerie silence descended on the area. Times Square has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found near 45th street, a New York Police Department official said. Police cordoned off the square with yellow tape, while yelling "Get back, get back'' at onlookers and guiding bomb-sniffing dogs through the area. The bomb squad X-rayed the soft-sided cooler found on the pedestrian mall and determined it did not pose a threat, Browne said. Traffic cameras showed several streets cleared of car traffic. The cooler was found at 46th and Broadway. Detective Hubert Reyes told USA TODAY there was a 911 call shortly after noon Thursday for the area of West 47th Street and 7th Avenue, the location of the iconic New York landmark. No buildings were evacuated, but workers were told to stay indoors as police responded. NEW YORK Police on Thursday cleared Times Square amid a threat of a suspicious package before determining the area was safe only an hour later. According to the NYPD, the area included West 45th to 48th Streets, Broadway, and Seventh Avenue. According to reports there is a bomb threat.
Police evacuated Times Square south of 47th street as a precaution. The New York Police Department asked people to avoid a section of Times Square, New York on Thursday while a suspicious package was being investigated. Throughout the investigation, authorities stressed the precautionary nature of the response. Such calls are up 30 percent since the foiled Times Square bomb plot. A portion of Times Square was evacuated Thursday afternoon after something was thrown toward people sitting on the 'red steps' in Father Duffy Square, but police gave the all-clear around 1 p.m. The NYPD receives 100 reports of suspicious packages every day. citizen from Pakistan admitted he drove a bomb-laden SUV into Times Square Saturday night with the intent to kill Americans. While the response is a routine precautionary measure, security has been amped up in the area since a U.S. Such calls are up 30 percent since the foiled Times Square. Such calls are up 30 percent since the foiled Times Square bomb plot. The package - a lunch cooler with a handle - contained nothing but books and a water bottle, officials said. The NYPD receives 100 reports of suspicious packages every day. Police descended on Times Square after someone notified authorities about an unattended package near the block where a failed car bomb was found over the weekend. Officials investigating reports of a suspicious package in Times Square say the area is now clear and streets have been reopened to traffic.
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