No Sign of Terrorism in Rainbow Bridge Explosion, Says NY Governor

Hochul says two people died in the blast caught on video footage that was so ’surreal,' it looked like it had been generated by AI.

The Rainbow Bridge border crossing into the United States in Niagara Falls, Ontario, after a car exploded at a U.S.–Canada checkpoint on Nov. 22, 2023. Peter Power/AFP via Getty Images

The crash and explosion at a U.S.-Canadian border checkpoint at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls was not a terrorist attack, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an update on Wednesday evening.

“At this time, there is no indication of a terrorist attack,” Ms. Hochul told reporters. “Let me repeat that: At this time, there is no indication of a terrorist-involved attack here at the Rainbow Bridge in Western New York.”