A New York car bomb attempt on Saturday night caused thousands of tourists and residents to evacuate Time Square.

The New York Times reported that “A crude car bomb of propane, gasoline and fireworks was discovered in a smoking Nissan Pathfinder in the heart of Times Square on Saturday evening. ”

Around 6:45pm on Saturday, street vendor Duane Jackson noticed a smoke filled car that was abandoned right off Broadway on 45th street. Shortly after calling the police they evacuated theaters, stores and the New York Marriott Hotel. Authorities were able to successfully detonate the bomb without it causing any causalities

The story of the New York car bomb attempt continued to unfold all day Sunday as to what  happened  in Time Square on Saturday night.

Early Sunday morning Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg who was at a White House dinner, flew back to New York in which he gave a press conference at 2:30am on the details regarding the car bomb attempted.

Bloomberg informed the public that the v.i. n number from the abandoned dark pathfinder is being ran and the pathfinder has been towed to a forensic faculty in Jamaica Queens where the FBI is doing a full investigation on the vehicle.

Various news sources like New York Times, CBS News, CNN and the Huffingtonpost kept a steady eye on the story as officials released more information throughout the day.

As the news outlets scrambled to break the news of the New York car bomb attempt, thousands of tweets flew up on Twitter saying various things from the the Taliban being responsible for the failed bomb attempt to  authorities having a video of a white male suspect.

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   News24 NY car bomb: Vendor tells story http://bit.ly/aeJMJS 02 May 2010 from API
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   chiliczar Wtf is going on? RT @huffingtonpost: Explosive device found Pittsburgh Marathon race course day after car bomb in NY http://huff.to/9PnZDa 02 May 2010 from UberTwitter
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   art1032 RT @clarionledger: Taliban claims failed NY car bomb http://bit.ly/a6o2MG 02 May 2010 from web
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   thaitvnews ฺฺBBC now live press con. NY times square car bomb http://twitpic.com/1ke8sk 02 May 2010 from Twitpic

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   huffingtonpost UPDATE: Bomb Found In Times Square http://huff.to/bvqkq8 02 May 2010 from TweetDeck
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   huffingtonpost UPDATE: Explosive Found In ‘Failed Device,’ But Not An Act Of Terrorism, Officials Say http://huff.to/cmUKaF 02 May 2010 from TweetDeck
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   CBSNews Suspected Car Bomb Found in NYC’s Times Square | Propane Tanks, Powder, Apparent Timing Device Found Inside Vehicle http://bit.ly/aMNnED 02 May 2010 from TweetDeck
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   saintpaul007 RT @FatChickinLA: Times Square: Pakistani Taliban Claims NY Car Bomb | World News w/ vid http://goo.gl/ZwzA #p2 02 May 2010 from TweetDeck

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President Obama was also on top of the NYC car bomb attempt, he commended authorities on detonating the bomb and responding quickly to the attempt.

As of now authorities are viewing surveillance tapes that show a white male suspect standing in Shubert Alley looking in the direction of West 45th Street.