A flat tow truck can here and theyre going to load up the rented home depot pickup. Theyre going to open this intersection 25 hours after this went down. Investigators have been on scene here since yesterday afternoon from the nypd and the fbi collecting every shred of evidence from that crime scene that stretches a mile from houston to chambers street where the suspect mowed down innocent people. The suspect has been identified as sayfullo saipov, a Uzbekistan National that lived in a rented apartment in patterson, new jersey behind the omar mosque. Today authorities were at the mosque. Theyre questioning family and friends of the suspect to see how he may have been radicalized. Authorities say saipov was not the subject of any investigation but he was associated with people that were under scrutiny and they say it was clear that this was in fact a terror attack based not just on the circumstances but also on evidence found in that rented truck. Based on the investigation overnight, i
Soon as the shooting began, she threw on a Yellow Police vest and began evacuating victims. Aaron stalker, a veteran, rushed to the scene to search for his loved ones. When he couldnt find them, he began helping every person he could. As he recounts, we used the plastic barriers as gurneys to carry the injured to transportation. I made splints out of whatever i could find and used anything to stop the horrible bleeding. Among the wounded was the mother of aarons girlfriend. Shes still in the hospital and we are all pulling for her. To every hero we helped, every hero saved so many lives. And believe me, a grateful nation thanks you. The example of those whose final act was to sacrifice themselves for those they loved should inspire all of us to show more love every day for the people whom grace our lives. In the months ahead, we will all have to wrestle with the horror of what has unfolded this week. But we will struggle through it together. We will endure the pain together and we will