The device was unintentionally detonated by a bomb squad robot 
 
 The backpack was found in a garbage can in a nearby restaurant 
 
 FBI agents are reviewing surveillance footage 
 
 After a suspension, transit service has resumed 
 
 Explosion follows 2 other nearby weekend incidents 
 
 FBI questioning 5 people about N.Y. explosion Saturday 
 
 And Elizabeth man named as suspect in N.Y. case taken into custody 
 
 ELIZABETH -- An improvised explosive device in a backpack detonated near the Elizabeth train station early Monday as authorities were using a bomb robot to examine the item, officials said. 
 
 The blast occurred around 12:40 a.m. near Morris Avenue and Julian Place. The explosion was not a controlled blast, but happened unintentionally as the robot was cutting the device, according to Mayor Christian Bollwage. No one was injured in the blast, Bollwage said. 
 
 Authorities found five devices inside a single backpack near the train station, including one that was detonated. After the explosion, press and bystanders were moved back because the four other explosive devices inside of the backpack were still believed to be live, Bollwage said. 
 
 No other explosions were heard as of 5 a.m. 
 
 
 
 
 
 On Twitter, the FBI's Newark division described the devices as "multiple improvised explosive devices." 
 
 Earlier Sunday night, the FBI detained five people in Brooklyn for questioning related to the Saturday night explosion in Manhattan that injured more than two dozen people. 
 
 The Elizabeth incident unfolded after two men found the backpack in a waste basket on North Broad Street and Julian Place around 8 p.m. Sunday, the mayor said. 
 
 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, he said. 
 
 Bollwage told reporters the explosives were originally found in the trash can about 300 feet from the door of Willy's Place near the train station in the city of about 125,000, which is also the Union County seat. 
 
 "If that pub was crowded and there was a lot of people there, it could have severely injured, killed and maimed many, many people," Bollwage told reporters. 
 
 Bollwage said the Elizabeth devices did not contain a cell phone or any other electronic detonators. 
 
 After the items were found, Union County's Bomb Squad was called in and used a drone to examine the backpack, the mayor said. 
 
 "The drone indicated it could be suspicious and it could be a live bomb," Bollwage said. 
 
 When asked if he ever thought Elizabeth would be the target of such an attack, Bollwage said he was not sure the city was the intended target and that the devices could have instead been dumped by a person who realized he or she was being investigated. 
 
 "I'm not willing to admit Elizabeth is a terror target," Bollwage said. "Because of the location, it's very possible someone was trying to get rid of package as opposed to set it off." 
 
 Bollwage said FBI agents are reviewing surveillance footage from the restaurant near the trash can where the backpack was first found by the two men. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Reached after midnight on Monday morning, a spokesman for the FBI in Newark, Special Agent Michael Whitaker, said only that his agency had responded to the scene, and declined to provide any details of the investigation. 
 
 The FBI asked anyone with information to call 1-800-CALL-FBI. 
 
 Police cordoned off the station and many streets surrounding it. The investigation halted train service on the busy Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coastline commuter rail lines. Later, officials said service would resume at 5:30 Monday, with delays expected. 
 
 Tickets and passes on both rail lines are being cross-honored on PATH along with NJ Transit and private buses, according to the transit agency. 
 
 Amtrak service was also suspended near Elizabeth, spokesman Craig Schulz said in a statement. 
 
 "We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and will resume service as soon as it is safe to do so," the spokesman said. 
 
 Approximately 2,400 Amtrak passengers were impacted by the service suspension, the spokesman said. 
 
 "Robust security measures are in place at stations, on trains and along the tracks and Amtrak Police remain in close contact with local, state and federal partner agencies to coordinate and share intelligence information," the statement said. "At this time there are no specific or credible threats against Amtrak." 
 
 It was not immediately clear if the Elizabeth incident was linked to a bombing Saturday night in New York City that injured 29 people or another pipe-bomb style device that went off near a military charity race in Seaside Park also on Saturday. 
 
 BREAKING PHOTO: blast near Elizabeth NJ train station as bomb techs try to disarm device. Video soon. @PIX11News pic.twitter.com/doX6PgktXw -- Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) September 19, 2016 
 
 Bomb techs from the FBI, Union County, & the New Jersey State Police have arrived on the scene and are now rendering the area safe -- FBI Newark (@FBINewark) September 19, 2016 
 
 This post will be updated as more information becomes available. 
 
 Steve Strunsky and Tom Haydon contributed to this report. 
 
 Jessica Remo may be reached at jremo@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessicaRemoNJ. Find NJ.com on Facebook. 
 
 Noah Cohen may be reached at ncohen@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @noahyc. Find NJ.com on Facebook. ||||| ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A suspicious device found in a trash can near a New Jersey train station exploded early Monday as a bomb squad was attempting to disarm it with a robot, officials said. 
 
 Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage said that the FBI was working to disarm one of five devices found in the same bag, which was discovered in a trash can by two men around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, near the Elizabeth train station on New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor rail line. The men had reported seeing wires and a pipe coming out of the package, Bollwage said. 
 
 There was no immediate report of injuries or damage. A message left with the FBI wasn't immediately returned. The mayor warned that other explosions were expected. 
 
 NJ Transit service was suspended early Monday between Newark Liberty Airport and Elizabeth, and New Jersey-bound Amtrak trains were being held at New York Penn Station, officials said, while New York-bound Amtrak trains were being held in Trenton. 
 
 Train passengers reported being stuck on Amtrak and NJ Transit trains for hours Sunday night, while some trains moved in reverse to let passengers off at other stations. Amtrak said 2,400 passengers were affected and that trains were being brought into other stations for people to get other transportation. It wasn't clear when the Elizabeth station would be open, a threat to cause major issues on the Monday morning commute into New York. 
 
 The discovery of the suspicious package comes a day after an explosion in Manhattan injured 29 people, and an unexploded pressure-cooker device was found four blocks away. Also Saturday, a pipe bomb exploded about an hour from the Elizabeth train station in Seaside Park, New Jersey, forcing the cancellation of a military charity 5K run. Officials said it didn't appear that those two incidents were connected, though they weren't ruling anything out. 
 
 Investigators didn't immediately comment on whether they thought the Elizabeth incident was connected to either of the two blasts. 
 
 Bollwage said that he wasn't willing to say that Elizabeth had become a target, and that it was possible that someone worried about the authorities was trying to get rid of the package. 
 
 "I'm extremely concerned for the residents of the community, but more importantly extremely concerned for everyone in the state and country where someone can just go and drop a backpack into a garbage can that has multiple explosives in it with no timers and then you have to wonder how many people could have been hurt," Bollwage said. 
 
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 This story has been corrected to show that the bag was found around 8:30 p.m., not 9:30 p.m. ||||| ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on a suspicious device found near a train station in New Jersey (all times local): 
 
 1:30 a.m. 
 
 A New Jersey mayor says one of five devices found in a backpack near a train station has exploded while a bomb squad robot was attempting to disarm it. 
 
 Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage said that the device exploded shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday. The FBI was leading the investigation and working to disarm the other four devices. 
 
 There were no reports of injuries. Bollwage said to expect more detonations. 
 
 Bollwage said two men called police and reported seeing wires and a pipe coming out of a package after finding it around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. 
 
 New Jersey Transit says service has been suspended between Newark Liberty Airport and Elizabeth. New York's emergency management department says that New Jersey-bound Amtrak trains are being held at New York Penn Station. 
 
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 1 a.m. 
 
 There has been a loud explosion in the area of the scene of a police investigation of a suspicious device found near at New Jersey train station. 
 
 Reporters for NJ.com and NBC reported the blast shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday. 
 
 Law enforcement had been examining a device near the Elizabeth train station. 
 
 Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage says two men called police and reported seeing wires and a pipe coming out of the package after finding it at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday. 
 
 Bollwage says the Union County bomb squad's robotic device indicated the package the men left near the train trestle could be a live bomb. He says the FBI and state police will decide how to remove the device. It wasn't immediately known if the blast was part of a controlled explosion. 
 
 New Jersey Transit says service has been suspended between Newark Liberty Airport and Elizabeth. New York's emergency management department says that New Jersey-bound Amtrak trains are being held at New York Penn Station. 
 
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 12:46 a.m. 
 
 Investigators are examining a suspicious device found in a trash can near a New Jersey train station, and service on the busy Northeast Corridor line has been suspended. 
 
 Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage says two men called police and reported seeing wires and a pipe coming out of the package after finding it at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday. 
 
 Bollwage says the Union County bomb squad's robotic device indicated the package the men left near the train trestle could be a live bomb. He says the FBI and state police will decide how to remove the device. 
 
 New Jersey Transit says service has been suspended between Newark Liberty Airport and Elizabeth. New York's emergency management department says that New Jersey-bound Amtrak trains are being held at New York Penn Station. 
 
 A message left with the FBI wasn't immediately returned. 
 
 The discovery of the suspicious package comes a day after an explosion in Manhattan injured 29 people, and an unexploded pressure-cooker device was found four blocks away. ||||| ELIZABETH — Lee Parker thought he was just lucky Sunday when he stumbled upon a nice backpack left on top of a garbage can, steps from the Elizabeth train station. 
 
 "It was a nice one," he said. "Nice enough for me to have in my possession." 
 
 But once Parker, a 50-year-old lifetime resident of Elizabeth who spends his days not knowing where he'll sleep at night, pulled one of the items out of the 30-to 40-pound backpack, he said he knew something wasn't right. 
 
 "When I went to discard the items in the backpack, it seemed odd," Parker said. "I thought they were decorated candles, but no decorated candles have wires." 
 
 "It was a strange item," he said. "It was shiny." 
 
 Parker and Ivan White, also of Elizabeth, were out purchasing beer after watching the Sunday football games. Parker, a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, wanted to celebrate his team's 2-0 start to the season. 
 
 While White was paying for the beer, Parker said he noticed the backpack. 
 
 "When we figured out what it was, Ivan made me aware of what's been going on in different places," Parker said. "So right there I knew that this is one of those incidents not to take lightly at all. So that's why we made the authorities aware." 
 
 The men came across a backpack near the train station at North Broad Street and Julian Place around 8 p.m. Sunday night, a day after bombs went off in Seaside Park and in New York City — the latter incident leaving 29 people hurt. 
 
 The garbage can was located about 500 feet from a local pub, Willy's Place, close enough to have had tragic consequences if the bombs had gone off, Mayor Christian Bollwage said. 
 
 "If that pub was crowded and there was a lot of people there, it could have severely injured, killed and maimed many, many people," Bollwage previously told reporters at the scene. 
 
 One of the devices was later unintentionally detonated by a bomb-squad robot. 
 
 Since his good deed with his friend White, Be the Change NJ, which is part of Kean University, has set Parker up an efficiency at a local hotel, clothes and food. He also got a "nice" new backpack as a donation from local resident Janette Padlo. 
 
 A local nonprofit that does community outreach and helps local homeless also started a GoFundMe account as a reward for the two. 
 
 "We wanted to ensure that these two good Samaritans — no, heroes — were rewarded for their action," Don Goncalves said. 
 
 As of Wednesday morning, the page has raised close to $13,000. It had less than $900 Tuesday night. 
 
 Hours later after the bomb exploded in Elizabeth, 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, was caught after in a shootout with police in Linden. Two officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the arrest and Rahami is charged with attempting to kill five police officers. 
 
 Craig McCarthy may be reached at CMcCarthy@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @createcraig. Find NJ.com on Facebook. ||||| (CNN) Three attacks in 12 hours -- explosions on New York and New Jersey streets and a stabbing spree in a Minnesota mall -- combined for tumultuous weekend, afflicting injury and moments of alarm and leaving investigators scrambling for answers. 
 
 As Monday's sunrise approached, New York City ramped up security not only because of the bombing that injured 29 people in Manhattan and the discovery of a mysterious device blocks away, but also because world leaders are gathering at the United Nations for debate at the General Assembly. 
 
 Questions abounded about Saturday's incidents, including: What, exactly, were the motives? 
 
 There were hints in the Minnesota attack, with ISIS claiming that a man who injured nine people in stabbings in St. Cloud before an off-duty police officer killed him was a "soldier of the Islamic State," though there was no immediate evidence he'd had contact with the terror group. 
 
 A recap of the three incidents, all of which authorities said were being investigated as possible terror acts: 
 
 • Around 9:30 a.m. in Seaside Park, New Jersey, one of three pipe-bomb-type devices that were wired together detonated in a garbage can, tearing apart the container but injuring no one; the other two didn't explode, federal law enforcement officials said. 
 
 Officials said the blast probably was timed to disrupt a Marine Corps charity run, but no one was near the blast because registration problems delayed the race. Officials said the device had a cell phone as a timer; no one has claimed responsibility. 
 
 • Around 8:30 p.m. in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, an explosion rocked 23rd Street and 6th Avenue, injuring 29 people and sending panicked people scrambling for cover. A law enforcement source said it came from a device planted in or near a dumpster. 
 
 Investigators found an intact pressure cooker blocks away. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the pressure cooker and the exploded device in Chelsea were similar, and other officials said both devices had cell phones as apparent timers. No one has claimed responsibility. Investigators found similarities between the explosives used in both states, according to multiple law enforcement officials, but authorities said they have not concluded the incidents are linked. 
 
 • About 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CT) in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a man wearing a security uniform entered Crossroads mall, made a reference to Allah and stabbed nine people before an off-duty police officer shot him dead, police said. He asked at least one person whether he or she was a Muslim before he attacked, witnesses said. 
 
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 Police did not immediately release the attacker's name, and CNN hasn't independently verified ISIS' claim that he was linked to the group. St. Cloud's police chief said investigators were "trying to get to the bottom of his motivations." No official has suggested ties between the mall attack and the explosions in New Jersey and New York. 
 
 NYC police presence 'bigger than ever' 
 
 New Yorkers already were going to see a big police presence in the city because of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, about a 2-mile drive from the Chelsea blast site. 
 
 An explosion in New York City injured 29. 
 
 But Saturday's explosion means the police presence will be even more intense, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday. 
 
 "You should know you will see a very substantial NYPD presence this week -- bigger than ever," he said 
 
 And Cuomo said 1,000 additional New York State Police officers and National Guard troops will be deployed to patrol bus terminals, airports and subway stations. 
 
 'This is a new era' 
 
 Saturday's incidents follow a few other mass attacks that happened on US soil in the past year, including the deadly December shootings in San Bernardino, California, and the deadly June shootings at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. In both of those incidents, the attackers claimed an affinity for ISIS. 
 
 Threat of Islamist attacks alone has kept federal investigators busy -- the FBI has said that it is mounting 900 investigations of suspected Islamist militants in all 50 states. FBI Director James Comey said in July that ISIS terrorists may be dispersed in the West as the terror group loses territory in Iraq and Syria. 
 
 But Comey isn't worried just about Islamist terror threats. 
 
 "Our focus now is on a much more disparate threat that's hard to see -- unpredictable, motivated, and driven by people who are just disturbed," he said in an interview posted Friday on the FBI's website. 
 
 New York isn't the only metropolis to take notice of Saturday's attacks. On the other coast, Los Angeles' police were gearing up for two high-profile events Sunday: the Emmy Awards and the Los Angeles Rams' first home game since their return from two decades in St. Louis. 
 
 "As you wake up this morning to the troubling events in New York and New Jersey, please rest assured we have been monitoring the situation throughout the night," Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said in a statement released on Twitter. He said police had taken steps to ensure the Emmys and the football game would be safe, and asked people to be vigilant. Both events took place without incident. 
 
 US Rep. Charlie Rangel, a Democrat who represents Manhattan, told CNN that Saturday's attacks -- and a level of vigilance needed to combat them -- represent "a new norm." 
 
 "This is a new era, and everyone just has to be alert," he said Sunday. 
 
 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, second right, look over the mangled remains of a dumpster Sunday, September 18, in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. An explosion injured 29 people there the night before. Hide Caption 1 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Authorities believe the blast was caused by an explosive device in or near this dumpster. All 29 victims have been released from hospitals, according to the governor. Hide Caption 2 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan FBI agents review the scene of the explosion on Sunday morning. Hide Caption 3 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Police officers redirect passers-by as investigations continue early on Sunday morning. Hide Caption 4 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan A fire truck at the scene of the blast on Saturday. Hide Caption 5 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan The New York Police Department's Counterterrorism Bureau tweeted this image of the crumpled dumpster following the explosion in Chelsea. Hide Caption 6 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Just blocks away from the explosion, a suspicious device was found. Officials said the device appeared to be a pressure cooker with dark-colored wiring protruding, connected by silver duct tape to what appeared to be a cell phone. Hide Caption 7 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan De Blasio, in the blue tie, speaks at a news conference near the scene on Saturday. He was joined by New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill. Hide Caption 8 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Police block off a road near the site of the explosion. Hide Caption 9 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Firefighters and emergency workers gather at the scene. Hide Caption 10 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Police officers and firefighters respond to the scene. Hide Caption 11 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan A New York police officer and his dog check a garbage can close to the scene of the explosion. Hide Caption 12 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Two heavily armed police officers survey the scene. Hide Caption 13 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan New York police at the scene of the explosion. Hide Caption 14 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan A bomb squad vehicle arrives at the scene. Hide Caption 15 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Police arrive at the scene of the explosion. Hide Caption 16 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan A street is blocked off nearby. Hide Caption 17 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Police and firefighters gather near the scene. Hide Caption 18 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan A crowd gathers near the site of the explosion. Hide Caption 19 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan A line of emergency vehicles near the scene of the explosion. Hide Caption 20 of 21 Photos: Explosion in Manhattan Onlookers gather on the street. Hide Caption 21 of 21 
 
 The off-duty police officer who killed the Minnesota attacker reflects that kind of alertness, CNN law enforcement analyst Art Roderick said 
 
 "No law enforcement officer believes they're ever off duty anymore," Roderick told CNN's Fredricka Whitfield. "I think everybody now just about carries a firearm when they're off duty from their regular law enforcement job." 
 
 In Elizabeth, New Jersey, federal and local authorities were called into action Sunday night to investigate the contents of a backpack found in a garbage can near a train trestle, according to Mayor Chris Bollwage. As a precaution, local rail and bus service was suspended. 
 
 After two men spotted the suspicious package, which had wires and a pipe but no apparent timing devices, they reported it to authorities. The FBI's bomb squad then deployed a robot to examine the devices. The suspicious package exploded after the bomb robot cut a wire in an effort to disarm the device. 
 
 Authorities do not know if the Elizabeth explosion has ties to the Chelsea bombing. 
 
 'The entire neighborhood is real scared' 
 
 Many in Chelsea were rattled by Saturday's bombing. Danilo Gabrielli, 50, was watching TV at his 23rd Street apartment about a block away from the explosion site when he heard the blast. He rushed to see what had happened and found a chaotic scene. 
 
 "We smelled something, like an intense sulfur smell, and saw smoke coming out of this building. I saw pieces of metal -- not large, but not small either. A few friends of mine saw glass there." 
 
 Gabrielli said "the entire neighborhood is real scared." 
 
 "It's a real quiet neighborhood -- not like the center of the city or the Wall Street area. It's tiny bars, where you go to grab a drink, grab a bite to eat, watch a film. We were worried." 
 
 'It's not stalling everybody that lives here' 
 
 Ryker Allen, 19, noticed the increased security presence in Manhattan. He woke up Sunday at his home in the Flatiron District, not far from the explosion, and saw "easily 100 police officers" meeting in front of his building. 
 
 He said the attack was unnerving, but people still were going about their business. 
 
 "I feel like it's something that's kind of hovering over, but it's not stalling everybody that lives here. It's not stopping anybody from getting their tasks done," he said. 
 
 Allen wasn't alone in taking it in stride. 
 
 For those trying to capitalize on the explosion: People aren't freaking out in Chelsea. People aren't in fear in the City. This in New York! — Ali H. Soufan (@Ali_H_Soufan) September 18, 2016 
 
 "For those trying to capitalize on the explosion: People aren't freaking out in Chelsea. People aren't in fear in the City," Ali H. Soufan's Twitter account read Saturday night. ||||| ELIZABETH — A homeless man and his friend who discovered a backpack full of bombs in that led to the arrest of suspected terrorist Ahmad Khan Rahami are being called heroes as three groups try to help them get a fresh start on life and honor their efforts. 
 
 Donald Goncalves of the organization At Heart’s Length created a GoFundMe page to assist Lee Parker and Ivan White, the men who discovered the backpack filled with explosives outside an Elizabeth bar on Sunday night. One of those explosives detonated while bomb techs tried to disarm it with a robot, but no one was hurt. The others were taken by authorities for study. 
 
 “Had it not been for these heroes, Elizabeth would have experienced a devastating terrorist attack. We owe them a debt of gratitude,” Goncalves said. 
 
 Men ‘walking on the side of the angels’ carried Elizabeth bombs 1,000 feet 
 
 White told New Jersey 101.5 Parker, his friend of the past 7 years, had a job interview the next day and needed a backpack. On their way home from a store, “We walk past a garbage can. What do we see? A brand new looking backpack. Wow!” 
 
 He suggested at the time once he checked it over Parker’s backpack problem would be solved. 
 
 FIND THEM: 2 men left unexploded bomb on Chelsea street, FBI says 
 
 White said Parker waved him over as he came out of the store and wanted him to look at what was inside. White said he saw a pipe bomb and a box the size of a paperback book with a tag that read “C-5″ attached. 
 
 “We’re walking down the street with this thing and I said ‘We need to put this thing down and go to the police station. This is a bomb, man. This is a bomb!” White said. 
 
 White said they returned to his home, but police came back for them as the FBI and the Attorney General’s Office wanted to talk to them. 
 
 “And then the bomb detonated. Boom!” White said. 
 
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 Dr. Norma Bowe, director of the Kean University group Be The Change, was watching coverage of the removal of the bombs from near the midtown Elizabeth train station late into the night on Sunday and was concerned because many Kean students use that station. 
 
 When she head about the two men who reported the bombs to police, “I was determined to find out their names. I don’t think it’s enough for the media to say ‘two homeless men’ and not put a face on them. What they did is nothing short of being a super hero.” 
 
 “He literally moved that bomb, was there all night with the police and then slept in an abandoned building. We can do better than that,” Bowe said. 
 
 Bowe’s group, which has been twice been recognized by the Clinton Foundation for its projects, made arrangements with the Elizabeth Coalition to House The Homeless to house Parker at The Efficiency Inn until Parker could be situated in a permanent home. Bowe took Parker to social services and food shopping on Wednesday 
 
 Goncalves is working with the group At Heart’s Length to help both Parker and White and the Elizabeth Coalition to House The Homeless to find Parker, who is homeless, a permanent place to live. White is on a fixed income and lives in senior housing. Bowe said that White is a U.S. Navy vet. 
 
 “Social services agencies in Elizabeth area going to have to pay special close attention to him. We have that obligation to him now because he helped so saved so many lives. We have to save his now. So we gotta get this guy back on his feet, get him functional, get a job, understand what the norms of society are,” Goncalves said. 
 
 “Most people have been showing so much gratitude,” Bowe said, “When we took Lee out to dinner at a Portuguese steakhouse restaurant they got a standing ovation.” 
 
 Goncalves said White and Parker live from day-to-day and hopefully this will change the direction of their lives, and they will “not have to go through garbage cans to live. That’s what a hero deserves.” 
 
 White doesn’t take the “hero” title too seriously. “I don’t call myself that. That’s what other people say. That’s nice, I guess,” White. 
 
 White, who served in the Navy, said Rahami “wasn’t a very good terrorist,” noting Rahami was caught in two days. 
 
 “He is going to prison for the rest of his life and every time another inmate finds out who is they will slap the snot out of him,” White said. “Law enforcement here is second to none in the world.” 
 
 Contact reporter Dan Alexander at Dan.Alexander@townsquaremedia.com 
 
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– A bomb squad robot was destroyed and another had its arm blown off when one of five bombs found in a backpack near a New Jersey train station blew up early Monday. The FBI says the other four devices found will be encased in blastproof material and taken to the agency's headquarters for further investigation, the New York Times reports. The devices—which were discovered by two men who found the backpack on top of a garbage can outside a restaurant near the Elizabeth station—will be closely examined for evidence linking them to explosive devices found in New York City and elsewhere in New Jersey over the weekend. A round-up of coverage: Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage says the two men thought the backpack held something of value and carried it some distance before realizing it held explosive devices and calling police, NJ.com. He says in its original location near a pub, the devices could have caused carnage. "If that pub was crowded and there was a lot of people there, it could have severely injured, killed and maimed many, many people," the mayor says. The AP reports that thousands of Amtrak and NJ Transit passengers were affected by the discovery of the device, with some stuck on trains for hours. Service has resumed but passengers in the area have been warned that they can expect delays Monday. NBC New York reports that investigators believe surveillance video shows the same man at two locations where explosive devices were found in Manhattan. Police aren't sure whether there is a link between the New York devices and those found in New Jersey. CNN reports that there is now an increased security presence in New York City not just because of the bombs, but because world leaders are gathering for the United Nations General Assembly. A law enforcement source tells CBS that investigators believe cell phones were used as triggers for both the Manhattan blast—which NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls "obviously an act of terrorism"—and the device that exploded before a New Jersey race to benefit Marines and sailors early Saturday. It's not clear whether a trigger was found with the Elizabeth devices. Bollwage says he's not sure his city was targeted. He suspects somebody may have just dumped the devices in Elizabeth, but he is "extremely concerned for everyone in the state and country where someone can just go and drop a backpack into a garbage can that has multiple explosives in it with no timers and then you have to wonder how many people could have been hurt." An official close to the investigation tells Reuters that all the devices involved have been crude and the level of planning appears low—but some investigators fear this was just a test. "That's what worries us," he says. "Was this some kind of test run, not just of the devices, but also of the surveillance in New York and the response?" (The FBI says it is questioning five people found in a "vehicle of interest.")