Bank of America VP killed in random Times Square stabbing attack

In the middle of one of the world's most crowded intersections, a young woman's ordinary Monday afternoon became the last moments of her life. Erin Piacenti, 32, a Bank of America vice president from New Jersey, was killed in a random stabbing attack in Times Square by a 49-year-old woman who had drawn two butcher knives from a shopping bag and struck two strangers within seconds. The suspect, Pamela Cisneros, was fatally shot by police after a four-minute standoff in which she refused to surrender and advanced on officers. It is the kind of event that reminds a city — and a civilization — how