A longtime resident of New York City was honored by a state senator Wednesday for warning authorities about one of the devices in last year’s bombing in Chelsea and “saving countless lives.”
New York State Senator Brad Hoylman honored 36-year Chelsea resident and photographer Jane Schreibman for reporting the bomb last September.
On Wednesday, Hoylman presented Schreibman with the New York State Liberty Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by a Member of the New York State Senate.
After hearing about the bomb that rocked her neighborhood on the evening of Sept. 17, Schreibman ran out to assess the situation, Hoylman said. That’s when she spotted a cooking pot with wires sticking out of it and called police, who used a robot to deactivate and remove the device.
Though 30 people were injured in the first explosion, no one was injured or killed by the second one because of Schreibman's heroic actions, Hoylman said.
“Thanks to her selflessness and quick thinking, Jane thwarted an insidious plot to create mayhem, saving untold numbers of people from harm,” Hoylman said. "I am proud to call Jane a constituent and can think of no more deserving a recipient of the Senate’s highest civilian honor."
Ahmad Khan Rahimi, the man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York City last September, is detained without bail as he awaits trial. He has pleaded not guilty.
Rahimi, who lived with his family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, is charged with detonating a pipe bomb along a charity race in Seaside Park, New Jersey, in addition to the two pressure cooker bombs he allegedly planted in Chelsea on Sept. 17.
