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Fighting the odds: Making NYC more secure

Quick ReadSecuring the crossings into Manhattan -- an inviting target for terrorists -- is a fight against overwhelming odds.

Lower Manhattan is shown in this aerial photo.

Photo credit: AP | Lower Manhattan is shown in this aerial photo. (April 20, 2010)

Even with more police, surveillance and experience with terrorism than any place in the country, Manhattan remains an inviting target.

The densely packed island's 19 entry points - four tunnels, three toll bridges and 12 free spans - have few defenses against the simplest of plots: a car bomb. The botched attempt on May 1 in Times Square proved how easy it is to drive explosives into America's...

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