New York is attacked again, but remains remarkably safe

JUST a few blocks away from where around 2,750 people were killed on September 11th 2001, New York suffered another deadly attack on October 31st. This time the attacker used a low-tech, less lethal method, illustrating how the threat from terrorism is changing. Children were about to be dismissed from school and tourists were enjoying the afternoon sun when Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old immigrant from Uzbekistan, mounted the curb in a pickup truck and drove along the pedestrian and cycle path between the West Side highway and the Hudson River, hitting people on the mile-long stretch. He rammed into a school bus, injuring those inside. In all he killed eight people. Most were tourists from Argentina.