look, i m not bothered at all because two senior officials called promptly and offered help. i think that was appropriate. i think we are here to talk about this situation and the facts and no one up here wants to politicize any of this. i don t think anyone should be politicizing this tragedy at this moment in time. every focus should be on those whose lives were lost, on their families and the work we have to do in this investigation. i am not bothered that the president didn t call. i am bothered by an attempt by anyone to try to politicize this situation. that plays right into the hands of the terrorists. they are trying to disrupt. they are trying to create mayhem. they are trying to divide.
look. i m not bothered at all because two senior officials called promptly and offered help. and i think that was appropriate. i think we are here to talk about this situation, the facts, and no one up here wants to politicize any of this. i don t think anyone should be politicizing this tragedy at this moment in time. i think every focus should be on those whose looifives were lost what we have to do in this investigation. i am not bothered that the president didn t call. i am bothered by an attempt by anyone to try to politicize this situation. that plays right into the hands of the terrorists. they re trying to disrupt. they re trying to create mayhem.
all, because two senior officials called promptly and offered help, and i think that was appropriate. i think we are here to talk about this situation, the facts, and no one up here wants to politicize any of this. and i don t think anyone should be politicizing this, this tragedy, at this moment in time. i think every focus should be on those whose lives were lost, on their families, on the work we have to do in this investigation. i am not bothered that the president didn t call. i am bothered by an attempt by anyone to try to politicize this situation. that plays right into the hands of the terrorists. they re trying to disrupt. they re trying to create mayhem. they re trying to divide. the point is to do the opposite.
and the men and women who work with us do it better than anyone anywhere in the world. we need everyone s help. there are more than 8.5 million people in new york city plus all the people who commute in every day and all the tourists. that s a minimum of 17 million extra eyes and ears and gut feelings that can remain vigilant on behalf of all of us. i talk about this all the time. if you see something out there that doesn t look right, if it makes you uncomfortable you have an obligation to make a call or to flag down a police car. at least give us the opportunity to investigate that. i want to thank everyone for their on going help today and everybody. the fierments and ems workers and police who did a great job under the circumstances. let me introduce dan to give you an update on the injuries from yesterday. thank you, i m going to be
holland tunnel shows it entering the bike lane and traveling at a high rate of speed. at this point according to witnesses, video, and investigation he appears to target bicycle riders and pedestrians within the southbound bike lane traveling at a high rate of speed. that ends when he collides with a school bus injuring a number of additional people and at 3:08p.m. we get more than a dozen 911 calls reporting people down, the school bus accident and the man with a gun in the street. two first precinct police officers out on another call are alerted by civilians about the activity going on outside. they leave that location, they are joined by a third officer. they observe a man who appears to be waving a gun and yelling at the scene of the accident and they observe people down on