Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100502:12:19:00
Unoccupied vehicle. he alerted police officer wayne ratigad of the nypd mounted unit who was patrolling times square. officer ratigan saw the vehicle, a nissan path finder which had smokey merging from vents near the back seat. he also smelled gun powder. he, with the help of police officer assigned to operation impact immediately evacuated the area and called fort fire department and more police. firefighters, emergency service officers and the bomb squad responded and the bomb squad confirmed that the suspicious vehicle did, indeed, contain an explosive device. there were gas cans and bomb-m...