As a kid I played with firecrackers, M80's and such. As an SF soldier I played with explosives, TNT, C-4, IED's etc.
I've never heard of a firecracker that goes off when stepped on....... sounds like an IED to me. But I would never ever think that the socialist mayor of NYC would put a lid on a suspected terrorist IED days before the 4th of July...........
Central Park explosion injures 1
Published July 03, 2016
· FoxNews.com
A man suffered a severe leg injury Sunday after he was hit by an explosion in New York’s Central Park while climbing a rock.
Fire officials said Connor Golden, 18, may require a “possible amputation,” multiple outlets reported. Police and the bomb squad were on the scene.
The blast, which occurred just before 11 a.m., may have been caused by a firework, NBC New York reported, citing a law enforcement source. Police told reporters at the scene that traces of fireworks wrappers were recovered, The New York Times reported.
“We don’t know what happened,” one of the man’s friends told The New York Daily News. “There was a small explosion, then dust.”
Golden and his friends were visiting New York from Washington D.C. for the Fourth of July holiday, The New York Post reported.
Golden was climbing a large, sloping rock
when he stepped on something that “exploded,” a witness told CBS2.
A witness, John Murphy, said Golden's foot was "all but gone." He said he spoke with Golden's friends after the blast.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/03...l?intcmp=hpbt3