I was so touched watching our Pope,President and Lauta this morning, touched to tears
Abandoned case sparks evacuation (PA)
Bethlehem Square shopping center emptied as officers use robot to destroy briefcase.
Friday, June 04, 2004
BETHLEHEM TWP. -- A suspicious briefcase at Bethlehem Square shopping center forced police and fire officials to close stores for nearly three hours Thursday morning.
As a bomb-detecting robot blasted open the object, bystanders heard two loud "booms" followed by the fluttering of papers flying out of the briefcase.
Asked why officials considered the briefcase a possible threat, Bethlehem Township police Capt. George Boksan said "just the nature in which it was dropped." (snip)
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Yes, I was moved watching W, Laura & the Pope also . . . I happened to catch them live this morning on FoxNews . . . I was moved when the Pope enthusiastically ad libbed the phrase "God bless America!" . . . I was moved when W talked about the shared commitment to the sanctity of every life . . . and I was moved in seeing some of the President's entourage kneeling and kissing the Pope's hand upon receiving their ceremonial gifts - I'm not Catholic, but I could sense the power of that holy moment for those folks . . . And whenever I see the Pope, I remember that this is the man (along with Ronald Reagan) probably most singly responsible for the destruction of the Soviet Union and its communist tyranny . . .