NYC vendor who alerted police to bomb seeks office
Photo credit: AP | In an April 27, 2011 file photo, Duane Jackson, one of the first people to alert police officers to a suspicious vehicle that contained a crude bomb in Times Square in May 2010, works at his stand.
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A Times Square street vendor who alerted police to an attempted car bombing in 2010 said Tuesday that he is running for Congress.
Duane Jackson said his brush with terrorism and celebrity taught him that it made sense to get involved.
"It was kind of an epiphany for me," he said. "I had a call from President (Barack) Obama. I had people from all over the world come and thank me for,...
