Manhattan terror attack hits close to home for Giants' Bromley

The New York City terror attack that killed eight and left dozens more injured shook the country on Tuesday and hit close to home for many — particularly Giants defensive tackle Jay Bromley.

Bromley, born and raised in Queens and in his fourth season with the Giants, is a New York guy through and through — visiting the city about once a week — and actually spent the day before the attack in Manhattan on the West Side Highway, not too far from where the deadly incident took place.

"It's just, you're so close to it," Bromley told the News on Thursday. "I think it's unfortunate for the people involved. God rest their souls and bless their families. It's just something you got to be aware of, that there is a lot of people that don't have good intentions."

Bromley said his family and friends live in Queens and Brooklyn, so they were not near the area of the attack, but the 25-year-old Giants defensive tackle reflected on the walk he took the day before, which was just around the corner from where terrorist Sayfullo Saipov drove a pickup truck onto the bike path in a deadly attack.

"I was at the place, Tribune (Building), the office is not too far away from it," Bromley said. "It's not uncommon for me, if I'm in the city, to go for a walk before I get in my Uber or call a car, just to take a walk out there. It's very unfortunate."

While Bromley avoided the terror attack by a day, Giants wide receiver Brandon Marshall was in TriBeCa as the attack was happening but had no idea what was going on.

Marshall, who was present in the Giants locker room on Thursday as he recovers from his surgically repaired ankle, preferred to let his tweets speak for his reaction to the attack.

"Wow!!! Just drove through downtown and saw all the first responders. Had no idea what was going on. So Sad!!!" he tweeted.

"I left the facility and drove right through TriBeCa going home while this coward was doing this," Marshall added.

The Giants plan to honor the victims of the terrorist attack before they play the Los Angeles Rams at MetLife Stadium on Sunday but have not yet released specifics of how it will happen.

Major League Baseball held a moment of silence before Game 6 between the Astros and Dodgers on Tuesday, and the New York Rangers also had a moment of silence before their game against the Vegas Golden Knights the evening of the attack.

Unlike the Giants, who mostly live in New Jersey where they play and practice, many Rangers live in Manhattan, and emotions were high before their game.

"They were talking how we have to put this together and get going here," Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said. "They were aware of it, it was an emotional moment with what happened today, but our guys handled it well and were able to come back."

As the sports world bands together in the wake of this tragedy, Bromley added, "when you see your loved ones, you just have to hug them tight."