An explosion caused by a man wearing a homemade pipe bomb occured in a New York subway on Dec. 11. The incident did not result in any deaths, but did injure five people as the pedestrian subway tunnel collapsed around them. The suspect declared in an interview that his attack was inspired by ISIS.

The bombing was first reported just after seven o’clock in the morning. The tunnel which exploded normally has about 220,000 people passing through it per day. The homemade bomb did not detonate properly, leaving only some with injuries and the suspect seriously injured. Before the attack, the suspect, 27 year old Akayed Ullah posted on Facebook, “Trump you failed to protect your nation.”

“Tourists use it [the subway] to get from place to place so they don’t have to walk that much,” freshman Sydney Denison said. “So the fact that something like just visiting New York and being attacked is kind of sad.”

Ullah is currently being charged for numerous state and federal terrorism charges. A video from a security camera shows the moment the subway tunnel ceiling collapsed on those walking by. As people ran for cover, the dust cleared, revealing the figure that many suspect to be Ullah. The bomb in question was clumsily made from an assortment of screws, a battery, wires and a christmas light bulb, and was strapped to Ullah’s chest with velcro and duct tape.

“It’s really scary and it’s really sad that someone was so sick inside that they thought it was ok,” Denison said.

The would-be suicide bomber told investigators that he had set off the bomb “for the Islamic State.” This incident was the third attack to have occured since September of 2016, in which a bomb went off in the Chelsea neighborhood. The most recent attack was on October 31, in which a truck killed eight people on a bike path. The recent strings of terrorist attacks have the citizens of New York living in fear.

“If I was in a similar situation, I would feel really nervous, like something was going to happen again, and that it wasn’t just a one time thing,” Denison said. “I would make sure to protect myself and my family.”

The blast destroyed the tunnel, showing the lack of security and safety of the New York subway. Though the explosion did not kill, it did incite fear in many.