Posted on 10/07/2005 7:12:44 AM PDT by HHKrepublican_2
No link yet..will get info ASAP...Just happened in Philly too.
New details. Thanks. First Philly. Now NYC.
Suspicious package found at the ticket counter. Parts of Penn Station have been evacuated. No train service has yet been affected.
PENN Station, change headline please. Big difference.
The Philly disruption was because a bomb dog alerted to a guy's backpack. He had the nozzle to his propane torch in it.
Yes, according to MSNBC it is Penn Station, but they haven't said anything about a package.
ping
you are right...BIG mistake,
ADMIN please change headline ASAP to "PENN STATION"
Please change title Grand Central = Penn Station
Prayers it's nothing...
Prayers if it's something...
That looks like the untouched version.
yahoo news:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Part of New York's Pennsylvania Station was sealed off on Friday morning, closing the portion of the station where Amtrak trains operate, police said.
The precaution came one day after New York officials said they had intelligence that the city's subway system was under a credible and specific threat of possible attack.
A policeman on the scene said only, "We are checking something out."
Commuters could still enter the subway at the station.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051007/ts_nm/security_newyork_dc_12
Hang the DJ.
Looks like we may be feeding the terrorism propaganda machine this morning!
Prayers that it is nothing.
bump
Authorities Shut Down Section Of Penn Station
UPDATED: 10:30 am EDT October 7, 2005
NEW YORK -- As the city coped with news of a terrorist threat, a section of Penn Station was shut down Friday morning as emergency workers in white hazmat suits stood over what appeared to be a red suitcase.
Mike Gallagher, who identified himself as an Amtrak supervisor, said part of the concourse was closed "because of something that was found here." He declined to be more specific.
Police dogs and National Guard members also had been patrolling the transportation hub beneath Madison Square Garden due to heightened security conditions.
"We do have a police situation at Penn Station," said Amtrak spokeswoman Marice Golgoski, who declined to elaborate. "The Amtrak police and the NYPD are involved."
The main entrance at West 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue was closed off with yellow crime scene tape and a portion of the concourse above the tracks was also sealed to the public.
According to Golgoski, Amtrak was still boarding some trains and operating some ticket windows despite the problems. New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Rail Road also operate in and out of the midtown Manhattan facility........
http://www.wnbc.com/news/5067592/detail.html
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