#NYPD Heroes!
"We thought, this is it, we’re not
going to make it, but I’m happy
no one else is going to get hurt"pic.twitter.com/xefSPHiAya— AlwaysActions (@AlwaysActions) July 22, 2016
Terrific officers. Update to this story.
Via NYDN:
Two heroic cops who thought someone had tossed a flashing, clicking bomb into their van drove away from a crowded Times Square plaza in a daring attempt to save as many lives as possible.
It turned out the device, thrown by an unidentified suspect in a dark SUV, was a fake – a red candle and a battery-operated lantern, wrapped in tin foil and a piece of white clothing, cops said.
Sgt. Hameed Armani and Officer Peter Cybulski were parked near Duffy Square in Times Square when the device came flying through their passenger window and landed on the dashboard at 11:34 p.m. The driver didn’t say anything and fled the scene.
Instead of chucking it out the window or ditching their van, Armani immediately headed for a safer spot, driving east on 46th St. and finally pulling over just past Sixth Ave., on the north side of the street.