Wayne Rhatigan News Today

Hi, mr. terrorist, whoever you are, these people are just jealous. that was a wonderful bomb and we are all sufficiently terrified. theres no need to try again, okay! >> at about 6:30 this last night, an alert t-shirt vendor who is a vietnam veteran noticed an unoccupied suspicious vehicle. he alerted police officer wayne rhatigan who was with the nypd mounted unit. who was on his horse, migs, patrolling times square. >> im sorry, mr. mayor, mr. mayor. jon stewart, daily show. what type of vendo...

We have looked around other burrbur borough tonight. we didnt find anything suspicious. they will be send home soon. yes? anybody. >> i just said weve asked police officers to stay on another shift. they have found nothing suspicious. this is a city of 4.8 million people. people should go about their business. if you see something strange, pick up the phone and call 911 and turn it over to professionals. thats exactly what happened here. you had a vendor, saw something strange, said something to...

Area. police are also examining surveillance video that may have captured the suspect on tape, described by the commissioner as a man in his 40s. no one was hurt but thousands were evacuated last night as police blockaded the area at 45th and by way. just moments ago, new york city mayor michael bloomberg honored the officer first on the scene and sent out the alarm to clear the area. >> wayne robinson then alettered me to a car that was smoking, went over there and smelled gun powder, with my p...

Times square. he was still wearing his tux after leaving early from the white house correspondents dinner in washington, d.c. he unfolded how the events unfolded. take a listen. >> before i begin, let me say were very lucky. thanks to alert new yorkers and professional police officers, we avoided what could have been a very deadly event. im going to begin by telling you what we know and what we dont know. at about 6:30 last night, an alert t-shirt vendor, who is a vietnam veteran noticed an unoc...

He with the help of police officers assigned to operation impact, immediately evacuated the area and called for the fire department and more police. firefighters, emergency service officers and the bomb squad responded, and the bomb squad confirmed the suspicious vehicle did, indeed, contain an explosive device. there were gas cans and bomb-making materials in the car. the experts at the bomb squad are removing them as we speak. who abandon the car and why are under investigation by the nypd. co...

The nypd and fbi as well as the fire department and office of emergency management for their work tonight. but most of all, the alert vendor and officer rhatigan of the mounted unit. we often say when a terrorist is caught, has he a map of new york city in his pocket. and thats a conversation i had earlier in washington. tonight is a further reminder of the dangers we face. commissioner kelly. >> thank you, mr. mayor. nypd bomb squad has rendered safe an improvised car bomb discovered earlier th...

Standing. he alerted police officer wayne rhatigan of the nypd mounted unit who was on his horse meigs patrolling times square. officer rhatigan saw the vehicle, a nissan pathfinder, which had smoke emerging from vents near the back seat, and he also smelled gunpowder. he with the help of police officers assigned to operation impact, immediately evacuated the area and called for the fire department and more police. firefighters, emergency service officers and the bomb squad responded, and the bo...

Propane tanks, consumer-grade fireworks, two five-gallon gasoline containers filled and two clocks, along with batteries in each of the clocks. electrical wire and other components stored in the rear of the vehicle. in addition, a two-by-two-by-four locked metal box with a gun locker has been recovered from the vehicle. bomb squads in the process of rendering it safe. it will be removed to our range in the bronx for detonation. at approximately 6:30 this evening as the mayor said, nypd mounted o...