Hero Street Vendors Alert Police to Times Square Car Bomb

NY Times: The vendor, who was swarmed by television cameras, wore a name tag around his neck that identified him as Lance Orton. A law enforcement official confirmed that his first name was Lance.

Editor's note: The "Lance" referred to in the related New York Times link is the one in the picture in the thumbnail for this story on the front page of Breitbart.tv.

May 2, 2010 at 1:09 pm - WNBC-TV
Dateline: New York, NY
Lisee   May 2nd, 2010 - 1:20 pm

Lance, thank you for being observant. Your sharp eyes and attention to “everyday” details were instrumental in saving the day.

Keyser Soze   May 2nd, 2010 - 1:23 pm

“See something , Say something” …Sounds like a tee shirt deal! :P

winstonsmythe   May 2nd, 2010 - 1:34 pm

Thanks are in order, for sure, but how about using “alert” in the title of this piece instead of “heros”?

suvrec   May 2nd, 2010 - 1:41 pm

Amateurish ….. yes ….. a warning about how easy it is to get stuff into the center of a city already hit by 9/11.

the islamic medics in Glasgow who tried to take out the airport used a similar rubbish bomb.

if it goes off yep a real big fireball but takes a lot to get these tanks to explode.

no matter who planted it they need to be publicly executed and if from a specific religion ………. well need to be more watchfull

Joe J   May 2nd, 2010 - 1:47 pm

I dunno, I’d go with alert and hero street vendor.

I’d even go further and say this is the type of human that makes me proud of fellow Americans like him.

Good for him for doing the right thing.

It’s New York, and this guy didn’t just ignore something that wasn’t quite right.

Definitely thanks sent his way.

BTW: I am white and conservative, and I mean every word in this post.

God Bless America.

txmike   May 2nd, 2010 - 2:00 pm

First the dutch hero on the Christmas day fight and now thees two NYC heros. All three could have said that they were not gonna get involved but they decided otherwise. I am grateful that decided to take action because all three have saved many lives. All at the same time our pitiful president chooses to make apologies FOR NO REASON. What a moron.

buford   May 2nd, 2010 - 2:04 pm

Surprised that the street venders are not brought in like the security gaurd that reported the suitcase bomb at the 96′ Atlanta Olympics.

Rexter   May 2nd, 2010 - 3:09 pm

More CIA BS to manipulate the public.

txmike   May 2nd, 2010 - 3:20 pm

Rexter May 2nd, 2010 – 3:09 pm
More CIA BS to manipulate the public

What an illogical and moronic post. Why you MUST be a slope headed mouth breathing progressive democrap.

Lady liberty   May 2nd, 2010 - 3:28 pm

Joe J May 2nd, 2010 – 1:47 pm

I agree Joe …This gentleman has been elevated from vendor to HERO in my book! God only knows how his actions has saved many lives.
God Bless him & God Bless Our Great Country!

Lady liberty   May 2nd, 2010 - 3:35 pm

Make that a Hero X 2 as he is a vet, thank you for serving sir!

Mom of 2   May 2nd, 2010 - 3:43 pm

Just think of all the potential victims’ families and friends that would have been in stunned grief today, had Mr. Orton not reported his concerns. I love true-life hero stories! God bless Lance Orton.

mudforbrains   May 2nd, 2010 - 5:47 pm

As the NY Times advised the Taliban they needed to train their people to shoot at us with more accuaracy in Afghanistan, perhaps they will do a public service announcment promoting better bomb making skills.

GOOD JOB, WELL DONE   May 2nd, 2010 - 7:00 pm

Way to go, Mr. Orton! Maybe folks in the area should show their gratitude by each one buying one of his T-shirts.

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