WEATHERVANE: THE DANGERS OF NYC'S NYE AND THE 47TH INAUGURATION

mass casualty event
(1) Definitions In this section: (A) Mass casualty event The term “mass casualty event” means an incident resulting in casualties to not fewer than 3 victims, including— (i) an incident that exceeds the normal resources for emergency response available in the jurisdiction where the incident takes place; and (ii) an incident that results in a sudden and timely surge of injured individuals necessitating emergency services. (B) Mass fatality event The term “mass fatality event” means an incident resulting in the fatalities of not fewer than 3 individuals at 1 or more locations close to one another with a common cause. (C) Mass shooting The term “mass shooting” means a multiple homicide incident in which not fewer than 3 victims are killed— (i) with a firearm; (ii) during one event; and (iii) in one or more locations in close proximity. (D) Exposed The term “exposed” includes— (i) directly experiencing or witnessing an event; or (ii) being subjected, in an intense way, to aversive consequences of the event (including a public safety officer collecting human remains). (E) Traumatic event The term “traumatic event” means, in the case of a public safety officer exposed to an event, an event that is— (i) a homicide, suicide, or the violent or gruesome death of another individual (including such a death resulting from a mass casualty event, mass fatality event, or mass shooting); (ii) a harrowing circumstance posing an extraordinary and significant danger or threat to the life of or of serious bodily harm to any individual (including such a circumstance as a mass casualty event, mass fatality event, or mass shooting); or (iii) an act of criminal sexual violence committed against any individual.

2017 New York City Subway bombing
Part of Terrorism in the United States and the reaction to Gaza-Israel conflict[1]

The passageway near where the bomb detonated, pictured in 2014
Location Corridor between the Times Square–42nd Street and 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal stations, New York City, United States
Coordinates 40.75634°N 73.98983°W
Date December 11, 2017
Attack type Attempted suicide bombing with (incompletely detonated) pipe bomb
Deaths 0
Injured 4 (including the perpetrator)
Perpetrator Akayed Ullah
Motive
Belief in terrorism act support
Support for ISIS
Verdict Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole
Convictions Possessing a criminal weapon
Making terrorist threats
On December 11, 2017, a pipe bomb partially detonated in a corridor between the Times Square–42nd Street and 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal subway stations adjoining the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, injuring four people including the bomber. Mayor Bill de Blasio described the incident as "an attempted terrorist attack".[2] The bomber was identified by police as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, a Salafi Muslim immigrant from Bangladesh; he was convicted in 2018 and sentenced to life in prison in 2021.[3][4]. WIKI