New Yorkers, always on edge, take Manhattan blast in stride


  • World
  • Monday, 19 Sep 2016

Onlookers stand behind a police cordon near the site of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, U.S. September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Rashid Umar Abbasi

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers who have endured the Sept. 11 attacks and the devastating superstorm of 2012 were generally unperturbed by a Saturday night blast in Manhattan that injured 29 people.

"For people who live in New York City, there is always the sense that something terrible is going to happen," Karen McWharter, 61, said on Sunday as she set up a booth to sell vintage clothing at a street fair on the Upper West Side. "You just always adopt a 'que sera' attitude."

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