Jason carroll live at the scene of the bombing. What do we know . Well, we are at 42nd and 8th avenue. The explosion happened below ground from where im standing now, the suspect described this way, 27 years old, his name akayed ullah. Again 127 years old. He was seriously injured in the explosion. Investigators describe it this way, say he was wearing a lowtech device, the way they described it, a pipe bomb, attached to his body with velcro and zip ties, according to investigators a device he made a at work. Happened at 4 nd and 8th avenue. Initially there were reports that the explosion happened in times square. Thats because those people were unfamiliar with new york, the area below where im standing is a huge transportation hub Port Authority. The walkway beneath ground connects where im standing one block east to times squarep apparently the suspect was at 42 and 8 walking in the walkway to 42 and 7th. Heres one of the headlines from what investigators said and that is this invest
To cnn certainly had that. Were also learning the president is being briefed on all of this this morning. Lets go to a very active scene here in the middle of a busy new york city on a friday morning. National correspondent Jason Carroll is there. To locate you for our viewers, you are at 52nd street and eighth avenue. Six blocks south of cnn. In fact, i can almost see our building from where im standing here on 52nd and eighth avenue. And just so you know, poppy, were just now hearing that that suspicious package, again, located at the postal facility here on 52nd street and eighth avenue, that suspicious package expected to be moved very shortly is what were hearing. Moved very much in a similar way that we saw earlier this week from the package that was removed from the cnn building, and that special vehicle that can hold explosive devices. Again, this package discovered called in early this morning here from this postal facility. I spoke to a postal worker here, asked her what happ
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