00:00Two men, Amir Balat and Ibrahim Kayoumi, traveled from Pennsylvania and attempted to bring violence to New York City.
00:07They are suspected of coming here to commit an act of terrorism.
00:11There is video of these two individuals throwing two devices towards the protest.
00:16The police department has determined that these were improvised explosive devices made to injure, maim, or worse.
00:23Thanks to the swift and decisive actions of NYPD officers at the scene, both men were immediately taken into custody
00:31and the devices they brought taken off of our streets.
00:35I want to commend the officers who were on site.
00:39They faced a chaotic situation that very quickly could have become far more dangerous.
00:44NYPD Chief Aaron Edwards and Sergeant Luis Navarro ran towards the danger so that others could run to safety.
00:51They are here with us now, and I want to thank them today publicly as I did yesterday privately.
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