"The hero of the Times Square bomb attempt was an immigrant. A Muslim. Senegalese newcomer Aliou Niasse was the first to notice the smoldering car and draw attention to it. He had no time left on his cell phone and realized his English probably wasn’t up to the task, so he got a passerby to call 911. In Arizona the cops would have hauled him off to jail while the car exploded."
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Some Assembly Required (via AZspot) (via marco)
I feel the need to point out he’s one of three possible heroes. I’ve yet to see any story that was definitively able to say whether he, Duane Jackson, or Lance Orton should get credit, not that it should matter.
