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Pressure Cookers Left at N.Y. Subway Station Disrupt Morning Commute Pressure Cookers Left at N.Y. Subway Station Disrupt Morning Commute
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Two pressure cookers left at a subway station in Lower Manhattan on Friday morning caused a major scare and significantly disrupted the commute as the police investigated.Two pressure cookers left at a subway station in Lower Manhattan on Friday morning caused a major scare and significantly disrupted the commute as the police investigated.
The police were also investigating a third suspicious package found on the street in Chelsea, at 16th Street and Seventh Avenue, officials said. They had not yet identified the device and were unsure if it was related to the devices found in the subway system. The police were also investigating a third suspicious package found on the street at 16th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, in the Chelsea neighborhood, officials said. They had not yet identified the device and were unsure if it was related to the devices found in the subway system.
The pressure cookers were not explosive devices, the police said. They were left on a platform at the Fulton Street station, a busy transit hub where eight subway lines converge in the Financial District.The pressure cookers were not explosive devices, the police said. They were left on a platform at the Fulton Street station, a busy transit hub where eight subway lines converge in the Financial District.
It was unclear who left the pressure cookers on the platform, and whether it was done intentionally.It was unclear who left the pressure cookers on the platform, and whether it was done intentionally.
The police were alerted to the packages around 7:15 a.m., a spokeswoman said, and sent the bomb squad and the Emergency Service Unit to investigate. Officers cleared the station.The police were alerted to the packages around 7:15 a.m., a spokeswoman said, and sent the bomb squad and the Emergency Service Unit to investigate. Officers cleared the station.
Service on multiple subway lines was interrupted and delayed as law enforcement investigated.Service on multiple subway lines was interrupted and delayed as law enforcement investigated.
The Fulton Street station, a glass-and-steel complex with labyrinthine underground passages and stairways, opened in 2014, after years of construction. The original station was damaged during the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks in 2001. The bomb scare contained echoes of several recent incidents that have rattled New Yorkers.
It is the fifth busiest station in New York City’s subway system, with nearly 93,000 passengers using it on the average weekday, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority statistics. In December 2017, a man detonated a homemade pipe bomb in a crowded subway passage near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, also during the morning commute. The weapon failed to fully detonate, and the attacker was the only one injured.
A year earlier, a pressure cooker packed with shrapnel exploded in Chelsea on 23rd Street, injuring at least 29 people. Hours later, the authorities found, disarmed and removed a second explosive device just blocks away.
Pressure cookers were also used in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, where the devices were based on a model mentioned in publications issued by Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen.
The investigations on Friday morning began at Fulton Street, the fifth busiest station in New York City’s subway system, with nearly 93,000 passengers using it on the average weekday, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The station’s building, a glass-and-steel complex known as the Fulton Center, opened in 2014, after years of construction. The original station was damaged during the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks in 2001.
Many more riders pass through the larger Fulton complex, which also connects riders to the World Trade Center transit hub.Many more riders pass through the larger Fulton complex, which also connects riders to the World Trade Center transit hub.
Ali Watkins contributed reporting.Ali Watkins contributed reporting.