order to secure the scene and to get people out of it and away from times square. we re talking thousands of people that were down there tonight. just down there to see the sites. they re talking quite a task. just to get people out of times qair without it being too chaotic. we re getting reports from the associated press saying nypd is calling this a suspected car bomb. and we do know that police say the call came in around 6:30 p.m. and the bomb squad since investigated contents of the car, on 45th street. you re looking at pictures now that. is where thousands of people were ush youred out of times qair. they say inside of the vehicle, they found things for an incendiary device such as gasoline, propane, wires.
different methods, this car would have sent shap nel. and probably would have hurt many, many people. there is this fact this is 45th street. and this is at any given time, we re talking thousands of people that are in this area. it could have been a horrible scenario and a lot of death, death. injuries. for people that don t know much about times square here in new york. what can you tell us them as far as fact that you dodged something here? you re dealing with tens of thousands of people. people going dinner go.ing to shows. just visiting the city. wanting to see times square is a major tourist attraction in new york city. and the fact someone decided to put a potential car bomb in
there is giving people an idea of where this is located and amount of destruction this could have done thchl is 45th street. for those not familiar with times square, if you could try to give people an idea of how serious this could have been? there is normal tourists going through times square. and this is a tourist attraction. there are hundreds and thousands of people and there is people out on a nice spring night walking through to go to dinner or enjoy 42nd street, and disney store and other places in that area. there is espn zone, a big attraction for a bite to eat and watch sporting events. and there is people at 6:30,
there is no other potential threat to human live. they d allow the pub tloik recenter. i m sure there are people and there are people who may not even know this happened. you know? in the outskirts of times square n that area in, 45th street and surrounding areas, this will stay closed off longer. what can you tell us about how these officers are trained as far as trying to have an orderly evacuation? a situation like this? what do they tell people? they re not just going to go there might be something? explaining to people having this incident down the street. do us a favor. walk this way up the street. just neat need to get you out of the area. there is. no reason to inform the