- Title: Suspicious package temporarily shuts down Times Square
- Date: 19th August 2021
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 19, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT (NYPD) AND NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT (FDNY) ACTIVITY IN TIMES SQUARE, INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE TIMES SQUARE / BYSTANDERS BEHIND POLICE BARRICADES VARIOUS OF BYSTANDERS NYPD BOMB SQUAD TRUCK BOMB-SNIFFING DOG JUMPING OUT OF NYPD VEHICLE FDNY TRUCK AND NYPD BOMB SQUAD TRUCK TWO BOMB-SNIFFING DOGS VARIOUS OF FDNY TRUCK AND NYPD BOMB SQUAD TRUCK FIREFIGHTERS EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WHEELING A STRETCHER FDNY TRUCK LEAVING AND NYPD TRUCK LEAVING NYPD BOMB SQUAD TRUCK LEAVING TWO BOMB-SNIFFING DOGS IN AN EMPTY STREET VARIOUS OF POLICE VARIOUS OF POLICE TAKING AWAY BARRICADES / TIMES SQUARE STREET EARLIER, VARIOUS OVERHEAD SHOTS OF ACTIVITY
- Embargoed: 2nd September 2021 19:53
- Keywords: FDNY Times Square fire department investigation police suspicious package
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / INTERNET
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / INTERNET
- Country: USA
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,United States
- Reuters ID: LVA001EQY24AV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Three blocks of Times Square were blocked off to pedestrians, as police investigated a suspicious package on the red glass steps adjoining the TKTS booth on Duffy Square on Thursday (August 19). The package was later cleared and deemed to be not suspicious by police a few hours later.
According to NBC News, a man on a bicycle threw something that looked like a cookie tin at people sitting on the red steps. A bomb-sniffing dog smelled the tin and sat down, which then prompted extra emergency personnel to investigate the situation.
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