Tragedy struck lower Manhattan yesterday afternoon when—in what New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling "a cowardly act of terror"—a man plowed a rented truck through a popular bike path, killing eight people and injuring 11 more. Here, candid photos of the attack's aftermath.
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Bicycles and debris lay on a bike path after a motorist drove onto a pedestrian path located near the World Trade Center memorial.
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Emergency personnel respond after reports of multiple people hit by the truck.
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Police gather at the scene of the attack.
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Investigators inspect the truck involved in the terror attack.
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A young girl reacts as police officers block off the scene.
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Police manage the crowd of shaken pedestrians.
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An armed member of the FBI on the scene.
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SWAT members check for explosives under a car one block from the site of the attack.
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Students from nearby Stuyvesant High School are evacuated.
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Emergency workers bring a stretcher to the scene of the attack.
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Parents pick up their children from Public School 89, located near the scene.
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A mom comforts her child after picking her up from Public School 89.
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A NYPD officer blocks the entrance to a street while emergency workers respond.
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Authorities inspect the scene.
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Members of the media gather at West St. and Murray St. in lower Manhattan to report on the attack.
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