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PsychoSkitz
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Eagles fans will do anything to avoid a meeting with the Giants.
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DcupSheepNipples
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Ouch, very explosive!
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Friday, October 19, 2001
Suitcase at Center City bus terminal loaded with explosive
Police Commissioner Timoney is to discuss the incident at a 4 p.m. news conference. The terminal was evacuated this morning.
By Thomas J. Gibbons Jr.
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
A suitcase containing the plastic explosive C-4 was discovered this morning in a suitcase that had been stored at the Greyhound bus terminal in Center City, according to police.
The terminal was exacuated and closed this morning after the discovery of what at first was deemed to be a "suspicious" suitcase. But police commanders this afternoon confirmed that the material inside the bag was the explosive C-4. Also in the bag was a military-style detonation cord.
Police sources said that the C-4 and detonation cord on their own did not pose a threat to the public; the explosive is very stable and requires a blasting cap to explode.
Police Commissioner John F. Timoney announced he would provide details about the discovery and the police investigation of the incident at a 4 p.m. news conference today.
Police and fire units rushed to the scene and surrounded the terminal at 10th and Filbert Streets. A bus was parked across the Arch Street bus driveway to block vehicles from driving in.
Police Sgt. Roland Lee said the suitcase was discovered shortly after 10:30. Police bomb squad members arrived and began setting up equipment to X-ray the suitcase.
Buses bound for the terminal were letting off passengers outside the building, but no one was allowed in the building. Departing bus trips were cancelled.
At a news conference shortly after noon, Deputy Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said that investigators were not sure what they had on their hands and that police were using "caution and prevention" in taking action.
Johnson, the department's second highest official, said that to the untrained eye the substance appears to be "some sort of explosive device, but at this point until it is tested we really don't know what it is. It appears to be C-4; it may be C-4."
Johnson said a cord found with the suitcase was also being checked to see whether it was a detonation cord.
"Right now everything is safe," Johnson said of the scene.
Investigators were taking fingerprints and searching for other clues, Johnson said. "Whoever put the device there, hopefully we can find them," he said.
The suitcase has been in storage since around Oct. 6, when it moved from a locker by Greyhound employees when it had apparently been abandoned, Johnson said.
The discovery of the suspicious substance occurred this morning as Greyhound workers were going through routine searching of suitcases that had been left unclaimed for about two weeks to see whether there was clothing inside that could be given to the needy.
Johnson said the suitcase would be taken to the Police Academy in Northeast Philadelphia to be analyzed.
C-4 - short for Composite-4 - is an explosive called RDX (Research Development Explosive) mixed with a plasticizer to give it a firm but pliable form like putty. It can be pushed into any shape and has a long shelf life.
It is believed to have been used in the explosion that damaged the USS Cole last year.
Suitcase at Center City bus terminal loaded with explosive
Police Commissioner Timoney is to discuss the incident at a 4 p.m. news conference. The terminal was evacuated this morning.
By Thomas J. Gibbons Jr.
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
A suitcase containing the plastic explosive C-4 was discovered this morning in a suitcase that had been stored at the Greyhound bus terminal in Center City, according to police.
The terminal was exacuated and closed this morning after the discovery of what at first was deemed to be a "suspicious" suitcase. But police commanders this afternoon confirmed that the material inside the bag was the explosive C-4. Also in the bag was a military-style detonation cord.
Police sources said that the C-4 and detonation cord on their own did not pose a threat to the public; the explosive is very stable and requires a blasting cap to explode.
Police Commissioner John F. Timoney announced he would provide details about the discovery and the police investigation of the incident at a 4 p.m. news conference today.
Police and fire units rushed to the scene and surrounded the terminal at 10th and Filbert Streets. A bus was parked across the Arch Street bus driveway to block vehicles from driving in.
Police Sgt. Roland Lee said the suitcase was discovered shortly after 10:30. Police bomb squad members arrived and began setting up equipment to X-ray the suitcase.
Buses bound for the terminal were letting off passengers outside the building, but no one was allowed in the building. Departing bus trips were cancelled.
At a news conference shortly after noon, Deputy Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said that investigators were not sure what they had on their hands and that police were using "caution and prevention" in taking action.
Johnson, the department's second highest official, said that to the untrained eye the substance appears to be "some sort of explosive device, but at this point until it is tested we really don't know what it is. It appears to be C-4; it may be C-4."
Johnson said a cord found with the suitcase was also being checked to see whether it was a detonation cord.
"Right now everything is safe," Johnson said of the scene.
Investigators were taking fingerprints and searching for other clues, Johnson said. "Whoever put the device there, hopefully we can find them," he said.
The suitcase has been in storage since around Oct. 6, when it moved from a locker by Greyhound employees when it had apparently been abandoned, Johnson said.
The discovery of the suspicious substance occurred this morning as Greyhound workers were going through routine searching of suitcases that had been left unclaimed for about two weeks to see whether there was clothing inside that could be given to the needy.
Johnson said the suitcase would be taken to the Police Academy in Northeast Philadelphia to be analyzed.
C-4 - short for Composite-4 - is an explosive called RDX (Research Development Explosive) mixed with a plasticizer to give it a firm but pliable form like putty. It can be pushed into any shape and has a long shelf life.
It is believed to have been used in the explosion that damaged the USS Cole last year.
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DcupSheepNipples
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No prob, give me some good karma!
nikolai_bolkov
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That's scary, next time it'll go off.
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plifter
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Those god damn middle eastern bastards are going to turn our country into a war zone. Why do we let them into this country. This is a serious matter of national security. I say we forget about being polotically correct and stop letting towel heads in. The ones that are here with expired visas need to be kicked out now! In Singapore you get caned if you overstay your visa.
the nature boy
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there is a greyhound in NE DC that needs to be blown up. If you don't give some of those homeless people change they'll curse at you. WTF? Please sombody blow that place up.
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