More coverage: Times Square bombing
Photos of bombing target sent to Capitol Hill
About 10 members of Congress received a letter Thursday with a manifesto and a photo of a man in front of the Times Square military recruitment station, before it was bombed early Thursday morning, with a caption saying "We Did It," sources and news reports said.
City can do only so much to stop "bicycle bomber"
How do you stop a guy on a bicycle who sets off a bomb in the middle of the night at the "crossroads of the world?" You just might not be able to, at least not in a free society, according to security experts.
List of past bombings in NYC
The New York area has seen multiple bombings over the years, the most recent occurring in Times Square yesterday morning. Not including the two World Trade Center attacks, the incidents include:
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