Man whose NYC subway pipe-bomb fizzled gets life in prison The attack in a pedestrian tunnel beneath Times Square and the Port Authority bus terminal left Ullah seriously burned but spared pedestrians. Credit: AP In this Dec. 12, 2017 file photo, police officers patrol in the passageway connecting New York City's Port Authority bus terminal and the Times Square subway station, near the site of an explosion the previous day. Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi immigrant whose subway pipe bomb mostly misfired, was sentenced Thursday, April 22, 2021, to life in prison for the 2017 attack in New York City busiest station. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)