Thursday, July 22, 2004
 New York Daily News July 21, 2004:A cop... was brought in for questioning last night in Monday's pipe-bomb explosion in the Times Square subway station, sources said.
The transit cop, who suffered minor burns when the crude device explode, arrived at the Midtown South Precinct stationhouse with a lawyer...
But the cop, who was said to have helped save people on 9/11, denied any involvement in the subway-station miniblast - which spurred new terror fears and a huge police response, the sources said.
[...]
A bomb-sniffing dog was brought to the cop's car, and appeared to get three "hits."
[...]
the cop did not put out a standard call for backup after the explosion, and instead called his partner back at the transit bureau. The partner was questioned yesterday, the source said.
The incident prompted police to evacuate the station and close off Eighth Ave. between 42nd and 45th Sts. for nearly two hours. "There were at least 100 people, nervous and trembling, yelling: 'Terrorism! Terrorism!'"
[...]
.....---
.....| Posted at 20:23 | PERMA-LINK |
|
FEED
TOTAL411 PODCAST
SELECTED VIDEO ]