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Two Homeless Men Foil New Jersey Bombing Attempt

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By Stephanie Parker
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September 19, 2016

Twitter is going cray over the 2 New Jersey based homeless men who located and reported a strange backpack with wires hanging out of it to local officials on Sunday night.

The sack was discovered in a waste basket near the Elizabeth train station.

A New Jersey based news outlet reported that, the men took the backpack “because they thought it was of some value,” walked for a bit, then saw wires and a pipe, dropped the package and notified Elizabeth police, town mayor Chris Bollwage stated.

ELIZABETH U/D: 2 homeless men found backpack w/wires hanging in a trash can near train tracks. Notified police. No injuries after explosion.

— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) September 19, 2016

According to Bollwage, “they probably saved hundreds of people.”

Elizabeth, NJ mayor says 5 devices were left in a single backpack. Had "bomb" went of "it would have certainly killed/injured many".

— Miguel Almaguer (@Miguelnbc) September 19, 2016

A robot used to remove material set off one of the devices found outside of the local New Jersey station.

#BREAKING video shows moment bomb robot accidentally detonated device found @ Elizabeth NJ train station. @PIX11News pic.twitter.com/xfO97F2ebm

— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) September 19, 2016

Its official. We can call these two heroes.

God Bless the two homeless men who reported the strange backpack in Elizabeth. They are life savers.

— Amy Venuto (@amyvenuto) September 19, 2016

According to reports earlier from CNN, the backpack had up to 5 devices in it.

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