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I was on the bus headed downtown when the bus got stuck in a bunch of traffic, about a block north of where this photo was taken. We saw people running down the street, so we decided to leave the bus. When I walked a block south, and looked east towards Grand Central Station I saw what looked like smoke, and people fleeing from it. It was scarily similar to how things looked during 9/11, so people were pretty freaked out.

I was surprised at how fast people heard that it was a steam pipe explosion. Many people were standing on the steps of the NY public library watching. I happened to have my camera on me and took these photos of the incident, and the people watching.