NYC tunnel terror scheme similar to plotline in book by Chicago author

Mai Martinez of CBS 2 Chicago interviewed Chicago author Brad Thor, whose most recent novel, Takedown, has a storyline that has been seemingly pinched from the news stories about an al-Qaeda linked group that wanted to paralzye the nation's financial system by blowing up New York City transit tunnels.

But Thor's book was published two months ago.

From CBS 2 Chicago:

According to authorities, the plan was to blow up underwater transit tunnels in hopes of flooding New York’s financial district. It’s a plot eerily similar to one in the book "Take Down" written by Chicago author Brad Thor.

"It's amazing to see basically the plot of my new thriller unfolding in New York," Thor said.

Thor researches homeland security not only for his novels, but also for his work with the department. Thor believes New York City’s tunnels are especially vulnerable.

"We can't search every single person that uses rapid transit. We can't search every single car that uses a tunnel, and that's the problem --especially if you have two or three waves of attackers coming in," Thor said.

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