Feds Investigate Failed Attempt To Rent Truck In NY Terror Probe
September 19, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
The New York Daily News reports today that investigators are looking into a failed attempt to rent a truck at a Queens truck rental, for ties to a possible Al Qaeda bomb plot.
The New York end of the expanding federal probe centered on seven Afghan men who tried to rent the biggest truck at a Queens U-Haul on Sept. 9, sources told the Daily News.The size of the vehicle involved, a 26-foot-long truck, suggested the conspirators may have wanted to pack it with explosives, sources said.
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The truck rental bid failed when none of the men could produce a valid credit card. All refused to surrender the identification needed to pay cash, the manager of the Flushing U-Haul said.
A team of FBI agents spent 10 hours Thursday combing through the Queens truck rental business. “We all feel very lucky right now,” U-Haul manager Robert Larson told The News.
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“None of them looked suspicious,” Larson said. “They looked like laborers. Not clean-cut guys, but your average Joe’s.”
Thank God Mr. Robert Larson did his job and did not give them the truck.
who know’s how many lives he saved.hopefuly there was a video camra to get a good look at the men who tryed to rent the truck.
Good example of an average citizen being vigilant.
“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.” — Daniel Webster (1834)