Walgreen's Evacuated Because of Suspicious Truck in Palm Bay, FL

1240 AM WMMB Radio | 9-11-02 | Self

[ksen]

Just hear an announcement that the stores around this Walgreen's have been evacuated about 20 minutes ago because of a suspicious truck.

Malabar Rd next to I-95 is closed. Haven't heard anything further.

[Corin Stormhands]

Keep us posted. I think we'll see a lot of false alarms. And I hope that's what they all are...

[blam]

Hmmmmm. I used to live in Palm Bay.

[X-Servative]

Hysteria?

[ksen]

Me too, this particular Walgreen's is about 5 miles from my house.

[blam]

Palm Bay is on the east coast of Florida, right by Melbourne.

[ksen]

Hysteria?

We can always hope.

[ksen]

Palm Bay is on the east coast of Florida, right by Melbourne.

Yeah, I live there. I think Mohammed Atta, or his brother, received a traffic ticket from the Melbourne police about a year before the attack.

It's so nice to know we used have such famous nieghbors.

[ksen]

Just heard from the Police and Brevard County Sheriff's office that the truck is a U-Haul truck that looks like it was driven all night. The driver looks like he is of Middle Eastern descent.

More to come...

[Rebelbase]

She'll try to grab a headlline anyway she can.

[ksen]

Why was this moved from "Breaking News"?

[Naspino]

Was it a red pickup?

[ksen]

From Florida Today's website:

Police investigate van in Palm Bay
FLORIDA TODAY Staff

PALM BAY, Fla. - Police have been called to investigate a suspicious van at the Walgreens store on Malabar Road.

Traffic has been stopped from traveling both ways in front of the Walgreens, which is just west of I-95.

Several Palm Bay police officers and Florida Highway Patrol officers are on the scene and directing drivers to make u-turns. Police dogs trained to sniff for explosives and narcotics have been called in and will thoroughly inspect the van before the area is cleared.

Fire rescue trucks are arriving on the scene and police officials are asking witnesses to move back. Publix, Burger King, Arby's and Wendy's, which neighbor the Walgreens, are all being evacuated.

"I'm very upset because of the anniversary of what happened," said Gerri Clendening of Palm Bay, on her way to her bank. "I'm every edgy today. You know something probably is going to happen."

Police were alerted to the van which witnesses say has been idling in the parking lot for more than 12 hours.

Tuesday the government stepped up terrorism warnings and increased alert status from elevated to high. Although the threats were not specific, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft warned that car bombings could bring the next round of terrorism.

Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge asked Americans to be alert. "If you see something suspicious, report it," he said.

Florida Today staff writers Valeria Pearcey and Jennifer Ellis contributed to this report.

[blackbag]

witnesses say has been idling in the parking lot for more than 12 hours.

I would say that is suspicious !

[irish guard]

>>>>>>Just hear an announcement<<<<<

This sounds "series"

[ksen]

Very funny, I was typing fast and dropped a "d" on my way to the post button. ;^)

[irish guard]

Hey, with all the "series" posts from last week I couldn't resist. Obviously this is a serious post. No hard feelings?

[ksen]

Radio just came back on and said that the bomb squad is on the scene. They have not heard officially that a bomb has been detected, but they understand that may be the case.

[ksen]

No hard feelings at all. ;^)

I was trying to joke back at ya'. Sometimes we need to laugh at times like this, helps relieve the stress.

[irish guard]

Amen to that brother...in addition, I wanted to post the apology directly, rather than having it look live a drive by flaming on my part. Thanks for not taking it the wrong way.

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