U.S. authorities are investigating a thwarted car bombing in New York’s famed Times Square where thousands of people gather each day and night to eat, drink and shop.
Vendor Lance Orton, a Vietnam veteran, is being credited by local authorities and media with tipping mounted policeman Wayne Rhatigan about a suspicious Nissan sport utility vehicle on West 45th Street near Broadway on Saturday evening.
Times Square has always been believed to be a target for attack and, in addition to being a major tourist destination, its buildings are occupied by big corporate names, major news and television outlets and the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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New York’s Times Square is empty of tourists after police and fire personnel closed off parts of the area May 1, 2010. Credit: REUTERS/Cary Horowitz
