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NYC first responders react quickly to terror attack, receive praise

American City and County: New York officials responded swiftly to Tuesday’s terror attack in the city.

A 29-year-old Uzbekistan immigrant, identified as Sayfullo Saipov, drove a Home Depot rental truck into a pedestrian and bike path on Tuesday, killing eight and injuring 12 others, CBS News reports. The attack was the deadliest one to occur in the city since the September 11 attacks in 2001.

After Saipov crashed the rental truck into a school bus, he got out and brandished what looked like firearms, according to CNN. During this time, New York Police Department (NYPD) First Precinct Officer Ryan Nash, 28, was on a call to find an emotionally disturbed person, the New York Post reports. When Nash saw Saipov exit the vehicle, he gave chase, shot Saipov in the abdomen and brought him down.

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