Why is everything that explodes have to be a terrorist act? It’s like we live in constant fear.
Doesn’t that mean the terrorist are winning?
I’m insinuating nothing.

- Like a gushing geyser, a street in midtown Manhattan literally exploded Wednesday night, a 24 inch steam pipe blasting open, sending people rushing for cover during the height of rush hour. A huge crater sits in the middle the street, one big enough to eat up a large tow truck. Now it is time to assess the damage.
It happened just before 6:00 p.m. near 41st Street between 3rd Avenue and Lexington Avenue, and in the first moments after it hit there was chaos.
The Scene
People running through the streets, sirens blaring, and a loud thunderous roar: It’s a scene those who witnessed it will certainly never forget. Eyewitness Carol Bergendale described the scene on Eyewitness News. She said that there was a roar that lasted for over 10 minutes. When it hit, she says she started seeing cars driving the wrong way down Third Avenue trying to get away from whatever was happening. She says she saw cars hitting buses, cars driving on the sidewalk, and people running everywhere. She says in those first moments, everyone feared a terror attack.

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