Tourist John Murphy, visiting the city from Connecticut, stayed with the injured man until emergency responders arrived and placed a tunicate on his leg. The injured man, who police did not identify, was walking in the park with two friends when he stepped on a rock covering the explosive. "We've seen a lot of experimentation with homemade fireworks," Torre said, adding the Central Park explosive may have been designed to go off at an earlier time, even a day before, but for whatever reason did not. The 11 a.m. blast on the east side of Central Park could be heard for blocks, leaving some with the belief that it was part of a July Fourth celebration. He was undergoing surgery to his left foot at a hospital and was in stable condition, fire officials said.

Source: India Today July 04, 2016 01:41 UTC