These passengers are still treated and perhaps still very, a large number of people are being treated. There was an update a short while ago from a new Jersey Transit spokeswoman, jennifer nelson, who had there were 100 injuries and no confirmation on the deaths but injuries, multiple and many remain in Critical Condition. She would not say a specific number but many in Critical Condition. Ambulances struckiggling to get the scene. Many closed off and one medical helicopter on the scene here. Thats one away. It seems like its on standby to possibly transport more patients or passengers away from this train station. So very much a rescue operation here according to Law Enforcement. According to one of the eyewitnesses, it was a very bloody scene. There were people reettreated ie the terminal and described for us many of them being bloody. Some with head injuries and some describing a broken leg. And there was an Emergency Triage Center set up just outside of the train station. One of th
To this as well. An oldstyle flip phone from his sources he is hearing at all three locations. Talking about new jersey, location one in Lower Manhattan and location two in Lower Manhattan. When you hear that detail, the potential of the type of flip phone used being common in all three locations, this is something you were very careful with me last night as we were covering the story. We didnt know if there were any linkages. Now with this piece of information, what would you take away from it . Well, it seems there could be a connection here. And we talked, richard, briefly yesterday about inspire magazine outlining the three pipe bombs, picturing it, which are fused separately by external wires. Thats very unusual in a bomb. It happens in america, its unusual, i can tell you. Its not routine. And then the next sentence, they say Pressure Cookers are a little better. That similarity in the inspire magazine. Now you have three cell phones used to trig err detonator. A cell phone is co
Be vigilant at this point in time, and not just because of this incident, but because we are going into the united general assembles week, and vigilant, because the police need your help. If you see anything that might be pertinent to this case, we need you to call it in. The bomb was one of two devices found just four blocks north, and a wired Pressure Cooker left on the street was safely removed without incident. An eyewitness described the frantic scene. We could. See anything. And like, it was, it sound like a million pianos just dropped and like a big thunderstorm. And you felt it in your heart, you nknow. Like when you are hearing the fireworks. It felt like fireworks. It was like, wait a minute, what is that explosion . And then everything got crazy. There is some good news, all 29 victims have been treated at the local hospitals, and all have been released. We go to Tammy Lightner who is going to join us live from chelsea and you were there shortly after the explosion, and what
The injury count now close to 30. All are expected to survive. The blast sending people scrambling for safety. I just heard a massive explosion. I wasnt sure what it was. It almost sounded like a thunderclouthunde thunder clap. Then i started to hear fire trucks and police cars and everything else. I didnt come downstairs until about 20 minutes later and there was a massive response. Hours later in the same neighborhood where the blast occurred, authorities found what may be a second homemade explosive. It appears to have been made from a Pressure Cooker. Officials say it resembles the bomb used in the 2013 Boston Marathon attacks. Around midnight, new york city mare bill de blasio tried to calm fears. There is no evidence at this point of a terror connection to this incident. This is preliminary information. Its something we will be investigating very carefully, but there is no evidence at this point of a terror connection. But we do want to be very clear. The early indications, initi
Casualty. We dont know any details besides 20 to 30 people have been injured. The train station is closed as well as that path station. We continue to report on this and i now hand it off to my partner, craig melvin. Good morning, craig. Stephanie, good morning to you. We continue with more on that terrible scene out of hoboken, new jersey. Again, a major commuter train crash there. It happened a little more than two hours ago at the hoboken train terminal as the new Jersey Transit train entered the station, there are reports, multiple reports of injuries, multiple injuries. Major damage at that station. Witnesses say the train was not moving at a high rate of speed when it plowed into the platform. One witness says passengers were thrown off their feet. Theres a massive Emergency Response at the scene. New Jersey State Police say they are sending what theyre calling multiple assets to the scene. The federal Railroad Investigation said theyre on the way and National Transportation Safe