Editing Lincoln Tunnel (section)

=== Crime and terrorism ===
On September 8, 1953, two armed men attempted to rob a home in [[South Orange, New Jersey]], when they were chased off by residents, one of whom reported their car's license plate number. A patrolman at the Lincoln Tunnel's tollbooth tried to stop the car, but the robbers shot at police, hitting a Port Authority policeman in the leg. The police commandeered a delivery truck and gave chase, exchanging 28 shots with the fleeing car while weaving in and out of traffic. The vehicle came to a stop about three-quarters of the way through the tunnel, after one of the robbers had been shot in the head.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Seized in 28-Shot Battle With Police in Lincoln Tube |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/09/09/archives/two-seized-in-28shot-battle-with-police-in-lincoln-tube-2-gunmen.html |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=September 9, 1953 |page=1 |access-date=February 27, 2010 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722193151/https://www.nytimes.com/1953/09/09/archives/two-seized-in-28shot-battle-with-police-in-lincoln-tube-2-gunmen.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The delivery truck driver was later honored for his role in chasing the attempted robbers,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/09/12/archives/port-body-honors-tube-chase-hero-truck-driver-who-took-police-into.html |title=Port Body Honors Tube Chase Hero |date=September 12, 1953 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 6, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406233823/https://www.nytimes.com/1953/09/12/archives/port-body-honors-tube-chase-hero-truck-driver-who-took-police-into.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and the patrolmen involved were also honored.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/10/31/archives/port-patrolmen-honored-heroes-of-tunnel-pistol-fight-receive-medals.html |title=Port Patrolmen Honored |date=October 31, 1953 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 6, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407053355/https://www.nytimes.com/1953/10/31/archives/port-patrolmen-honored-heroes-of-tunnel-pistol-fight-receive-medals.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The Lincoln Tunnel was used several times more by criminal suspects trying to escape the police. In 1956, a motorist, whose car had been taken by police, stole his own car in Manhattan, then sped through the Lincoln Tunnel and opened fire on pursuing police before being stopped on the George Washington Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deranged Driver Flees at 95 M.P.H. |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=May 31, 1956 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/31/archives/deranged-driver-flees-at-95-mph-caught-in-jersey-after-16-shots-are.html |access-date=April 9, 2018 |archive-date=April 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409183051/https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/31/archives/deranged-driver-flees-at-95-mph-caught-in-jersey-after-16-shots-are.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1967, two bank robbery suspects were traveling through the tunnel when they were enclosed on either end by police.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bank Robbery Suspects Are Trapped in Tunnel |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=April 27, 1967 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/04/27/archives/bank-robbery-suspects-are-trapped-in-tunnel.html |access-date=April 9, 2018 |archive-date=April 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409111912/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/04/27/archives/bank-robbery-suspects-are-trapped-in-tunnel.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Due to its status as one of the few connections between Manhattan and New Jersey, the Lincoln Tunnel is considered to be one of the most high-risk terrorist target sites in the United States.<ref name="Gillespie 2011" />{{rp|118}} Other such sites in New Jersey include the Holland Tunnel and the [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] station at [[Exchange Place (PATH station)|Exchange Place]], both of which are in Jersey City, as well as the [[Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal|Port of Newark]] in [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Most Dangerous Miles in U.S. |first=Gennarose |last=Pope |url=http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_stories_home/17396079/article-Two-most-dangerous-miles-in-U-S---Congressmen-tour-4-terrorist-targets-in-Hudson-County--as---cuts-loom-?instance=jersey_city_story_left_column |newspaper=[[The Union City Reporter]] |date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219204112/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_stories_home/17396079/article-Two-most-dangerous-miles-in-U-S---Congressmen-tour-4-terrorist-targets-in-Hudson-County--as---cuts-loom- |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1995, ten men were convicted of [[New York City landmark bomb plot|a bombing plot]] in which a radical Islamic group plotted to blow up five or six sites in New York City, including the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels and the George Washington Bridge.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fried |first=Joseph P. |title=Sheik and 9 Followers Guilty of a Conspiracy of Terrorism |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=October 2, 1995 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/02/nyregion/terror-conspiracy-overview-sheik-9-followers-guilty-conspiracy-terrorism.html |access-date=April 12, 2018 |archive-date=April 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404201341/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/02/nyregion/terror-conspiracy-overview-sheik-9-followers-guilty-conspiracy-terrorism.html |url-status=live }}</ref>