{"id":369,"date":"2010-05-03T14:28:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T14:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2010\/05\/praise-for-hero-in-nyc-bomb-sc.html"},"modified":"2010-05-03T14:28:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T14:28:24","slug":"praise-for-hero-in-nyc-bomb-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2010\/05\/praise-for-hero-in-nyc-bomb-sc.html","title":{"rendered":"Praise for Hero in NYC Bomb Scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our members are lauding Lance Orton, the street vendor and Vietnam veteran who alerted police to the car bomb in Times Square.  Because of his actions, <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/thread\/view\/59723\/23366937\/Car_Bomb_in_Times_Square_Fizzles\">NYC experienced a bomb scare<\/a> instead of large-scale disaster.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/thread\/view\/59723\/23366937\/Car_Bomb_in_Times_Square_Fizzles\">Add your voice to this discussion<\/a> on the hero, the NYPD, the Taliban and more.<br \/>\nSome members wonder if the bomb scare was a reaction to an offensive production on Broadway which puts us in mind of another, recent news event involving radical Islam and entertainment.  <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2010\/05\/south-park-and-islam.html\">What do you think about threats made to the creators of &#8216;South Park&#8217;<\/a>?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/forum\/view\/59723\/104313\/Hot_Topics_Zone\">Talk about these and other hot topics<\/a> on our forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our members are lauding Lance Orton, the street vendor and Vietnam veteran who alerted police to the car bomb in Times Square. 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