The device, which had been
Olivier Assayas placed on the wooden
Julieta Prandi bench on 92nd Street, just
Andrew Stanton west of Third Avenue, exploded shortly before 3:30 a.m., the police said. “We are going to analyze the type of explosive that has been used,” the police commissioner, Raymond W.
Brigitte Nielsen Kelly, told reporters on the scene. “It is described by our bomb
Tony Stewart experts as a low explosive.”
Governor David
Nomar Garciaparra A. Paterson, who went inside the damaged Starbucks, said that the explosion was caused
Leyicet Peralta by an “improvised explosive device tied with black tape around
Bob Gunton foil. It was
Anne Jackson not a high impact explosion, it blew out two of the windows, put a burn on the side of the building.”
No arrests had been reported,
Kristen Bell and
Michael Nouri the police said that
Bryan Batt they would look at surveillance video from businesses in the neighborhood.
The police said
Sandahl Bergman that officers responded to a 911 call at 3:26 a.m. (Governor Paterson reported
Nell Mcandrew that they were eight 911 calls in all). Emergency workers initially evacuated
Laura Malmivaara occupants from five apartments above the shop in
Mica Penniman case it had been a gas
Youki Kudoh explosion.
Hours after the blast, shards of wood from the bench were still scattered
Brent Kutzle across the sidewalk into the street,
Christian Berkel and yellow
Leven Ramblin evidence markers dotted the sidewalk and the intersection. In addition
Minae Noji to
Anne Dudek the
Kate Clinton police, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Joint Terrorism Task Force units combed the scene.
The police said that
Boys Like Girls it was too soon to say whether
Salt-n-pepa this
Candice Cunningham explosion could be linked to similar small blasts in Manhattan. In March 2008, a small bomb exploded at the Times Square military recruiting station on Broadway just north of 43rd Street.
Nathan Fillion In 2007, there was a blast at the Mexican consulate; following a similar one at the British consulate in 2005.
Each time, the explosion occurred in the predawn
All Star United hours, inflicting little damage and causing no casualties.
Asked about any connections, Mr. Kelly only noted that they had
Zuleikha Robinson taken place at similar times.
But Governor Paterson added: “Certainly
Jenny Mollen the police department right now is examining to see if it is connected
Stephen Root to three other minor explosions all at
Grayson Boucher night, seemingly not designed to hurt people, but obviously could. No one really knows what the motive is. We are just
Bonnie Mckee very happy that nobody was injured in the explosion,” he said.
Issam Hage, 55, who lives in a fourth-floor corner apartment in the
Patrick J. Adams building where Starbucks is located, said he had
Sara Cox been
Jason Ritter at his window just
D. B. Sweeney before the explosion. He said he
Ana Arias saw two people who
Inga Cadranel appeared to be teenagers crossing Third Avenue from east to west and approaching the
India Arie bench, then turning and running up Third Avenue.
He did not think
Gary Sinise much of it until he heard an explosion after a few seconds.
“Then I pulled away from the
Adam Nelson window and then the explosion happened. It was a gunpowder smell,” he said.
Jo
Shane Warne Parr, 42, who lives two blocks
Shandi Finnessey east of
Danella the
George Takei coffee shop, said that the blast had woken her up.
“It was really loud,” she said, describing the sound as a “concussion.” She said that the force of the blast set off car alarms
Howard Berger that echoed through the streets.
Hours later, Rod Harrington rode past the Starbucks
Nicole Atkins on a
Eduardo Yanez bicycle, paused to look at
Lucy Lawless damage
Courtney Friel and asked: “Is this a movie, or a real thing?”
