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But investigators still had little evidence to work with and initially attributed the incident to boys or pranksters. Y'all. I'm sorry. I know. A pipe bomb is not pranksters.
Yeah, the remains of the device were turned over to the bomb squad for analysis, but nearly a decade had passed since the bombs were discovered at the Con Ed building at this point. Wow. And this time no one recognized the pipes and their various components because it had kind of gone out of everyone's minds.
Yeah, the remains of the device were turned over to the bomb squad for analysis, but nearly a decade had passed since the bombs were discovered at the Con Ed building at this point. Wow. And this time no one recognized the pipes and their various components because it had kind of gone out of everyone's minds.
Even if someone had recalled the bomb discoveries back in 1941, it's unlikely they would have made, you know, the connection here. Yeah. Because this latest bomb, one, it went off. Right. So that's different from the other two. It also contained no gunpowder, but instead contained just one .25 caliber round that was rigged to a mechanism that would discharge at a predetermined time.
Even if someone had recalled the bomb discoveries back in 1941, it's unlikely they would have made, you know, the connection here. Yeah. Because this latest bomb, one, it went off. Right. So that's different from the other two. It also contained no gunpowder, but instead contained just one .25 caliber round that was rigged to a mechanism that would discharge at a predetermined time.
And it would send the shrapnel out in all directions.
And it would send the shrapnel out in all directions.
So he has obviously upped his game.
So he has obviously upped his game.
Right next to track 27. I can't believe that nobody was hit. Veterans on the bomb squad, however, would likely have recognized one thing. A cough drop. One cough drop contained in the pipe.
Right next to track 27. I can't believe that nobody was hit. Veterans on the bomb squad, however, would likely have recognized one thing. A cough drop. One cough drop contained in the pipe.
Why? No one knows. Why? But by that time, it had been disintegrated with the rest of the internal components, so they wouldn't have been able to see it anyways. Oh. Yeah.
Why? No one knows. Why? But by that time, it had been disintegrated with the rest of the internal components, so they wouldn't have been able to see it anyways. Oh. Yeah.
But we know that it was there because we know it's the same guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So the bomb at Grand Central failed to achieve much notice by the police or the press. Which is insane. Because they were kind of chucking it up to like, which I'm like, what kind of fucking teens are running around New York? For real.
But we know that it was there because we know it's the same guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So the bomb at Grand Central failed to achieve much notice by the police or the press. Which is insane. Because they were kind of chucking it up to like, which I'm like, what kind of fucking teens are running around New York? For real.
And the second bomb that detonated after this one, because there was another one, didn't receive a lot of attention either. It detonated inside a phone booth in the basement of the New York Public Library. I would call that a big deal. Yeah. Like the one at Grand Central Station, the second bomb caused no injuries, luckily. That's good.
And the second bomb that detonated after this one, because there was another one, didn't receive a lot of attention either. It detonated inside a phone booth in the basement of the New York Public Library. I would call that a big deal. Yeah. Like the one at Grand Central Station, the second bomb caused no injuries, luckily. That's good.
And barely registered with anyone, earning a few paragraphs pretty deep in the pages of the New York Times that day.