Twitter is going cray over the 2 New Jersey based homeless men who located and reported a strange backpack with wires hanging out of it to local officials on Sunday night.
The sack was discovered in a waste basket near the Elizabeth train station.
A New Jersey based news outlet reported that, the men took the backpack “because they thought it was of some value,” walked for a bit, then saw wires and a pipe, dropped the package and notified Elizabeth police, town mayor Chris Bollwage stated.
ELIZABETH U/D: 2 homeless men found backpack w/wires hanging in a trash can near train tracks. Notified police. No injuries after explosion.
— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) September 19, 2016
According to Bollwage, “they probably saved hundreds of people.”
Elizabeth, NJ mayor says 5 devices were left in a single backpack. Had "bomb" went of "it would have certainly killed/injured many".
— Miguel Almaguer (@miguelreports) September 19, 2016
A robot used to remove material set off one of the devices found outside of the local New Jersey station.
#BREAKING video shows moment bomb robot accidentally detonated device found @ Elizabeth NJ train station. @PIX11News pic.twitter.com/xfO97F2ebm
— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) September 19, 2016
Its official. We can call these two heroes.
God Bless the two homeless men who reported the strange backpack in Elizabeth. They are life savers.
— Amy Venuto (@amyvenuto) September 19, 2016
According to reports earlier from CNN, the backpack had up to 5 devices in it.