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| Car crash at the U.S.-Canadian border. |
On the U.S.-Canadian border, a vehicle crashed into an entry on the New York side. It sparked an evacuation and shut down four border crossings in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area.
The incident has not been ruled terrorism but of course, far right bigots are trying to spread misinformation and Islamophobia.
CBP is working closely with @FBI, federal, state & local partners in response to a vehicle explosion at Rainbow Bridge which remains closed. Out of abundance of caution, CBP temporarily suspended inbound/outbound traffic at 3 other Buffalo crossings that have since reopened. pic.twitter.com/pTXyUsavRB
— CBP (@CBP) November 22, 2023
MUST WATCH:
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) November 22, 2023
Surveillance footage shows the vehicle that exploded at the U.S.-Canada border being stopped before reaching the Rainbow Bridge.
After being transferred to a second checkpoint, the vehicle can be seen speeding up before it crashed and exploded.
🚨🚨The second… https://t.co/EQ4oGdG7md pic.twitter.com/9aUrLMrg5l
As a Muslim who witnessed the terror attack at rainbow bridge I’m shaken because it’s horrific and pray for the injured.
— MJ (@J_______mahm) November 22, 2023
It’s sad coming online to find right-wing pundits already attributing it to Islam & hoping more carnage was caused so they can have their ‘gatcha’ moment pic.twitter.com/OEPzEpU7H5
BREAKING: INCIDENT ON RAINBOW BRIDGE WAS A RECKLESS DRIVER RESULTING IN CRASH AND FIRE - NO EXPLOSIVES IN CAR
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) November 22, 2023
So now a Muslim has a car accident and it’s called a Terror Attack
Alt-Right Twitter embarrassing themselves.
Zionists are desperate for a Terror attack and a false… pic.twitter.com/ICrBOmxRO8
Fox News spent the last 2 hours saying it was a terrorist attack and 6 seconds saying it wasn't, going back to regular programming. The damage has already been done. This network is destroying America.pic.twitter.com/Jxmm1Wq77c
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) November 22, 2023
CNN: Waiting for facts
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) November 22, 2023
MSNBC: Waiting for facts
CBS: Waiting for facts
ABC: Waiting for facts
Fox News: IT'S A TERRORIST ATTACK!!! JOE BIDEN!!!! TURKEY PRICES!!! pic.twitter.com/TNaUGNQYxR
Yesterday, CBS reported an increased terrorist threat in the state of New York.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 22, 2023
Today, a terrorist attempted an attack at the Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York.
Apparently, CBS can predict terrorist attacks but the FBI can’t.
Perhaps FBI Director Christopher Wray…
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) were notified.
Two people were killed in an explosion at the Canadian border when an "airborne" car crashed into a checkpoint at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, New York, on Wednesday, officials said.
So far, there are no immediate signs of terrorism, Hochul told reporters.
"At this time, there is no indication of a terrorist attack," she said. "Let me repeat that: At this time, there is no indication of a terrorist-involved attack here at the Rainbow Bridge in Western New York.
The two people who were killed were in the car that crashed, and at least one of them was from western New York.
The car, which officials have said was traveling at a high rate of speed, was on the U.S. side of the border when it crashed, caught fire and exploded, contrary to some early reports that it had come from Canada.
Hochul said she has seen video of the car, which was going at an “extraordinarily high rate of speed” before it went flying in an “absolutely surreal” scene.
“When you see this video, your jaw will drop in disbelief at how this went so high, over an 8-foot-high fence,” she said.
Rickie Wilson, who works for Gray Line Tours, couldn't believe his eyes when he spotted the "airborne" vehicle. He said it appeared the car struck a cement median before it went flying.
"I first thought it was an airplane. Looked like slow motion," Wilson told NBC affiliate WHEC of Rochester. "And I said, 'My God, it's a car, and it's a vehicle, and it's flying through the air.'"
He estimated the car was 10 to 15 feet in the air.
"I mean, how did it get up there? I mean, this thing was up in the air," Wilson told reporters. "I know it sounds like I'm crazy, but the car was airborne, and not 3 or 4 feet — I mean, it was up there."
A Customs and Border Protection employee suffered minor injuries and was treated at and released from a hospital, a law enforcement official said. Hochul said that the employee was working in the booth and that “the booth literally protected that individual.”
“This vehicle basically incinerated,” Hochul said. “Nothing is left but the engine. The pieces are scattered over 13, 14 booths.”
An initial search didn’t find a secondary explosive or device, the law enforcement officials said, noting that was preliminary information.
Authorities are investigating whether the crash was intentional.
Hochul said at a news conference that the incident was “a horrific accident that led to a high-level anxiety all the way from western New York to Albany to Washington.”
It occurred on one of the busiest travel days in the U.S., when people across the country hit the road for the Thanksgiving holiday.
All western New York bridge crossings into the U.S. were shut down, the Erie County executive said shortly after the crash. Hochul later said all bridges had been reopened.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that security has been increased and that the "city is on heightened alert due to the upcoming holiday."
The White House was also closely monitoring the situation, an official said. The Canada Border Services Agency said it was "liaising with our U.S. counterparts on this matter."
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that “at this time, there is no indication of a threat related to this incident" and that he has been in contact with Hochul and Canadian officials.
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