Emotional photo captures biker taking flowers for New York City terror victims

— -- New York City woke up today with a sense of resilience after the senseless truck ramming in lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon that left eight dead and others injured.

Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke about the spirit and strength of New Yorkers on Wednesday morning after the terrorist attack along the West Side Highway pedestrian and bike path.

"I'll tell you, this violence was an effort to make us blink. And we won't blink," he said with conviction.

Celia Imrey, 53, was biking to work Wednesday and was photographed waiting to pay her respects near the blocked-off scene of the attack.

She seemed distraught as she stood holding a small bundle of flowers to honor the victims.

The deadly episode began around 3:05 p.m., when a man driving a Home Depot rental truck turned onto the West Street pedestrian and bike path north of Chambers Street and plowed into multiple people on the path, police said.

"It was an effort to break our spirit. But as an effort to break our spirit, it failed," de Blasio said. "New York City is a very strong and resilient place. We have great faith in the men and women who protect us. We have such pride in the NYPD, and we see them on duty, and we know they are the very best."

The FBI and the New York Police Department established a terrorism task force to investigate the attack.