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In reply to the discussion: Rainbow Bridge: No evidence crash, explosion was terrorist attack, Gov. says [View all]Talitha
(8,004 posts)62. MSNBC showed B&W surveillance footage that showed the car was airborn.
It was not aflame while in the air. How in the world did it get airborn? They said something about it going 100 mph.
EDIT to add - It also looked like it sailed over a fence before exploding.
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Rainbow Bridge: No evidence crash, explosion was terrorist attack, Gov. says [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2023
OP
Based on the opening line of this article, I know what might have blown up.
OnlinePoker
Nov 2023
#10
CNN: Source say car accelerated after being directed to a secondary screening area...
brooklynite
Nov 2023
#7
short video. "2 people who were in the car are dead. A border officer was injured"
riversedge
Nov 2023
#9
How did it end up at CBP, pretty much vaporized with less damage to the CBP building?
LeftInTX
Nov 2023
#37
Fox News is citing unnamed law enforcement sources saying the explosion in Niagara Falls was an attempted terror attack
riversedge
Nov 2023
#18
Fox News IS a terrorist organization...So they would know how to identify one.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2023
#29
Given the updated information you might consider self-deleting all of your "it's probably terrorism" comments.
eggplant
Nov 2023
#70
I'm no explosion expert but that looks more like a gasoline explosion than high explosives.
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2023
#40
It's kind of a pet peeve of mine in movies when they portray high explosives...
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2023
#48
Remember one airline passenger with "explosive rigged shoes." caused every airline passenger since then to remove.....
usaf-vet
Nov 2023
#36
I remember when lots of mass shooters caused absolutely nothing to change but thoughts and prayers
IronLionZion
Nov 2023
#43
Yes--seems like it should be pretty obvious what side the car was coming from.
Wingus Dingus
Nov 2023
#52
You might consider removing the sarcasm tag, but there should be a half sarcasm tag
Kennah
Nov 2023
#60
Gov Kathy Hochul saying emphatically there is no known terrorist element to this explosion at this time
Kennah
Nov 2023
#56
Seeing the video of the crash was the first inkling to me that it might not be terrorism.
ificandream
Nov 2023
#67
How many terrorists drive $300,000 Bently with their wife on a terror mission??
LetMyPeopleVote
Nov 2023
#74