Bank of America VP killed in random Times Square stabbing

In the middle of one of the world's most watched intersections, a moment of ordinary urban life — a woman walking through Times Square on a Monday afternoon — ended in irreversible tragedy. Erin Piacenti, 32, a Bank of America vice president, was fatally stabbed by a 49-year-old Queens woman with a documented mental health history, who also wounded a 68-year-old man before being shot dead by police. The attack, random in its targeting and swift in its violence, unfolded steps from an NYPD substation, raising the perennial question of how much safety any city can truly guarantee its people. It