gas canisters before shooting, injuring ten people. our new york correspondent nada tawfick reports. in an instant, the rush of the morning commute turned to a race to safety. on this subway car, new yorkers went into a state of shock, after a man wearing a green vest and sweatshirt detonated a smoke bomb and began opening fire. the attacker fled the scene to the sound of people s screams, and the sight of some collapsing on the platform, bloodied and wounded. we were all told to get. people were screaming for medical. it was a scary moment. everybody was packed together. i didn t know what happened after. i saw people coming out of the train station screaming, yelling for help. i saw a lady shot in her leg. shot in her leg? yes, and she was screaming for help. a massive emergency response from the nypd to the fbi
tonight? extremely in pain. the worst pain i ever felt in my life. i can only imagine. and i am so sorry that you went through this. can you walk us through what happened? i understand you say you actually sat next to the shooter on the train before everything happened. yes. i was on 59th street on the r train transfer to the n train on 59th. so it was the first car. last seats, and i m not really paying attention to that, so i walk in and sit down. and the guy next to me, i got a glimpse of his face. all you see is a smoke, black smoke bomb going off, and then people bum rushing to the back. this pregnant woman was in front of me. i didn t know there were shot at first. i thought it was a black smoke bomb. she said i m pregnant with a baby. i hugged her, then the bum rush
since. we don t know why he did this, but clearly, he seemed to have something very, very sinister in mind based on what he was carrying in that bag. he was on a train that was headed from here in brooklyn, on into new york city. and whether that was the final destination or whether this was the destination, it is unclear. but it seems like he was planning to do more than just set off a smoke bomb in a neighborhood in brooklyn when manhattan is just ahead. we also see some youtube videos on youtube, rents, laced with profanity on occasion, with all sorts of companies that he has about society and will generally. some are about the mayor of new york, so much so that they have increased security around eric adams to night because of that. but at this hour, the search continues. it s so much of a surprise that they have not found and because things move very quickly.
into a state of shock, after a man wearing a green vest and sweatshirt detonated a smoke bomb and began opening fire. the attacker fled the scene to the sound of people s screams, and the sight of some collapsing on the platform, bloodied and wounded. we were all told to get. people were screaming for medical. it was a scary moment. everybody was packed together. i don t know what happened after. i saw people coming out of the train station screaming, yelling for help. i saw a lady shot in her leg. shot in her leg? yes, and she was screaming for help. a massive emergency response from the nypd to the fbi flooded the area. investigators are combing through the crime scene and nearby surveillance cameras for any clues. new york is counting itself lucky that nobody died, but this will once again put the focus on public safety. there s been a slight easing of strict covid restrictions in the chinese financial capital, shanghai, after the first dip in infections since the beginning of april
he described the scene earlier from his hospital bed. walked in, sat down and the guy s next to me. all you see was smoke, black smoke bomb going off and people rushing to the back. a pregnant woman was in front of me. i tried to help her. i didn t know i helped her. she said, i m pregnant with a baby. the bomb rush got pushed and that s when i got shot in the back of my knee. he tells us the pregnant woman he was trying to help did make it out safely. the attack has him so shaken he says he s not sure he can ever ride a train again. we ll have much more on cnn as the investigation unfolds. for the first time u.s. president joe biden is accusing russia of committing genocide in the ukraine. mr. biden made the comment when