'Business as Usual' for Manhattan Firms Near Monday Terror Attack at Port Authority
New York City was hit with its second terror attack in less than two months on Monday, a botched morning rush hour bombing near the Port Authority Bus Terminal that injured the would-be attacker and caused minor injuries to three others.
December 11, 2017 at 07:32 PM
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New York City was hit with its second terror attack in less than two months on Monday, a botched morning rush hour bombing near the Port Authority Bus Terminal that injured the would-be attacker and caused minor injuries to three others.
But like many New Yorkers, attorneys working at firms near the Port Authority, a major commuter hub located on the West Side of Manhattan, were able to get on with their work days without too much disruption.
New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill identified the suspected attacker at a news conference on Monday morning as Akayed Ullah, 27, according to a transcript of the conference.
O'Neill said Ullah was outfitted with an “improvised, low-tech explosive device” and that, at about 7:20 a.m. Monday, police believe he intentionally detonated the device while on an underground walkway that connects the subway station at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue with the station at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue.
New York City Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said at the conference that Ullah was treated at Bellevue Hospital for burns to his hands and abdomen and lacerations. Three people in the vicinity of the blast were treated for minor injuries that included “ringing in the ears and headaches,” Nigro said, according to a transcript.
Proskauer Rose's New York office is located at 41st Street and Eighth Avenue, just across the street from the Port Authority.
But Joanne Southern, Proskauer's chief marketing officer, said that aside from delays for some staff, everyone at the firm was “safe and sound.”
“People are remarkably resilient here in New York,” Southern said. “As I look out the window it looks like everything is getting back to normal.”
Over at Pryor Cashman in Times Square Tower, which is between 41st and 42nd streets and Seventh Avenue and Broadway, it was “business as usual,” said managing partner Ronald Shechtman in an email.
“We were relieved that the devastation wasn't much worse as a result of today's incident,” Shechtman said.
The New York Times reported on Monday that Ullah told investigators that he attempted the attack as retaliation for U.S. strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and that he was inspired to carry out the attack on the Port Authority by ISIS attacks on holiday markets in Europe.
While the Port Authority attack claimed no lives and caused relatively little damage, it comes just six weeks after a Halloween terror attack in which a man allegedly used a truck to mow down pedestrians and cyclists on a popular bike trail and pedestrian walkway that is also located on Manhattan's West Side.
Eight people died in the attack and 12 were injured.
The suspected assailant in the Halloween attack, Sayfullo Saipov, 29, has been charged with 22 counts, which includes eight counts of murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and violence and destruction of motor vehicles. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
But like many New Yorkers, attorneys working at firms near the Port Authority, a major commuter hub located on the West Side of Manhattan, were able to get on with their work days without too much disruption.
O'Neill said Ullah was outfitted with an “improvised, low-tech explosive device” and that, at about 7:20 a.m. Monday, police believe he intentionally detonated the device while on an underground walkway that connects the subway station at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue with the station at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue.
But Joanne Southern, Proskauer's chief marketing officer, said that aside from delays for some staff, everyone at the firm was “safe and sound.”
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“We were relieved that the devastation wasn't much worse as a result of today's incident,” Shechtman said.
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While the Port Authority attack claimed no lives and caused relatively little damage, it comes just six weeks after a Halloween terror attack in which a man allegedly used a truck to mow down pedestrians and cyclists on a popular bike trail and pedestrian walkway that is also located on Manhattan's West Side.
Eight people died in the attack and 12 were injured.
The suspected assailant in the Halloween attack, Sayfullo Saipov, 29, has been charged with 22 counts, which includes eight counts of murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and violence and destruction of motor vehicles. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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