Tourist stabbings injure NYC's safe image

NEW YORK - New York is safe. One of the safest big cities in the country. The most recent criminal statistics say so.

But in a 12-hour spate, that hard-earned distinction took a bloody knock after four people were stabbed, among them two Canadian tourists and a visitor from Texas.

“One crime is one crime too many,” Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said at a Wednesday news conference. “But I can understand people being apprehensive... When we hear about something like this, obviously there's cause for concern.”