My name is Leslie Leslie kavasch im here to introduce our guest, cyde ford, a former assistant engineer with ibm. He graduated from the university of western states in portland as a doctor of chiropractic and the era pissed. Hes also the awardwinning author of 12 works of fiction and nonfiction. Clyde is the recipient of the richard ray award, in africanamerican literature. He has been a guest on the oprah show, in pr, radio and tv programs across the nation. Clyde is here to speak about his latest book, think black a memoir of sacrifice, which was just released, shortlisted for the book prize in social justice. Please join me in welcoming to the kendall planetarium at the Oregon Museum of science and industry, cyde ford. [applause] thank you all for being here, i cant tell you how special it is to be here. I was just reliving my First Experience over 40 years ago up at Washington Park and i was a volunteer. I was working with a group, i had come from ibm to go to chiropractic college.
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Bernard kerik is on the ground, Running Police department for new york city after 9 11. The suspect yelled allahu akbar after he exited the vehicle avraming a school bus. Bernard, what is your reaction on what is going on in Lower Manhattan . Liz, unfortunate [inaudible] that these things are happening. They happen in europe. Theyre escalating this is [inaudible]. Right out of the al qaeda and isis training manuals. That is the world we live in. Liz again the suspect yelled out allahu akbar when he exited the vehicle. This also happened near a school, Stuyvesant High School in Downtown Manhattan. The scene were looking at, live shots what is going on in hower manhattan in new york city. This is near the World Trade Center this is halloween. This is a day when people and families getting together. We have the halloween parade. The city is in lockdown in Lower Manhattan. Bernard, what will happen tonight as we move into the evening hours . Well, as as a result of this, the naturally the
Brandished two guns, one was a paint ball gun, the other a pellet gun and began yelling allahu akbar the suspect shot by police and in an undisclosed hospital. We want to go to Connell Mcshane who is on the scene. Reporter charles, picking up what youre reporting to us this evening. Weve had a terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan, not far from the World Trade Center. And witnesses that weve spoken, to the witness in that scene that you described tell us, one man did from looking at a footbridge above the scene earlier today, able to see two bodies covered in white sheets. Another young man coming out of a local school saw a number of bikes mangled laying on the ground. I want to show you video obtained by colleagues at fox news and shot by a witness, and in this video we see a man whos alleged to be a perpetrator to the act of terrorism, not independently confirmed by fox that this is the man, but saw that man getting out of the white rented home depot pickup truck that you talked about
Sayfullo saipov, he drove a rented pickup truck along the westside highway in Downtown Manhattan and traveled south drove 20 blocks along the path, and until he rammed the rented van into a school bus next to a high school, just as the school was letting classes out for the day. The attacker then got out of his vehicle and started to leave the scene. Witnesses say he was shouting allahu akbar again, meaning as we unfortunately all now know god is great in arabic. He was running through traffic carrying weapons, police now say at least two of them were a bb gun and a paint ball gun. A Police Officer on the scene shot the terrorist. Shot him in the abdomen, hes been taken to a nearby hospital. Authorities say they are they have no reason to believe there are other individuals involved in this attack, according to Law Enforcement authorities. They say halloween festivities including a parade in Lower Manhattan will go on tonight, but of course with heightened security. President trump twe