Uzbek family's behavior drew attention from neighbors — just not enough to sound the alarm

PATERSON, N.J. - Even in a neighborhood packed with immigrants, all with their own customs, languages, foods and idiosyncrasies, there was something about Sayfullo Saipov and his family that seemed not quite right.

With the benefit of hindsight, neighbors now believe that the 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant was plotting an attack long before he plowed his rented truck down a bike path in lower Manhattan, killing eight people.

Three weeks before Tuesday's attack, a neighbor had noticed that Saipov frequently rented trucks like the one used in the attack.

"This is the kind of truck you use for construction, but he wasn't doing construction," said Carlos Batista, 23, who