RantCrush Top 5: September 19, 2016

This past weekend, a pressure cooker bomb exploded in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC, leaving 29 people injured. Shortly after hearing the news, many saw images of a mangled dumpster from which the bomb exploded.

THE LATEST: Dumpster bomb rocks Chelsea, injuring 29; second device found nearby https://t.co/TC8fNPvF7a

— New York Post (@nypost) September 18, 2016

The first thing, I’m sure, that came to a lot of people’s minds was probably “Please don’t be a terrorist attack. Please don’t be a terrorist attack.”

No matter what it is,  New Yorkers are resilient.

Person in Kentucky: MUSLIMS DID A DIRTY BOMB IN NYC. WE NEED TO BAN EM

New Yorker: It was probably just a Note 7 lol. Hit this blunt, john

— Lyle Clip Art (@Kyle_Lippert) September 18, 2016

New Yorkers: An explosion just happened a block away. Oh well. Gotta meet my friends at the bar

Rest of the US: OMG ISIS IS TAKING NEW YORK

— Lyle Clip Art (@Kyle_Lippert) September 18, 2016

Stay safe, y’all.

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