BOMB SCARE SHUTS TIMES SQUARE

New York Post ^ | 6/08/04 | ED ROBINSON and JAMIE SCHRAM

[kattracks]

June 8, 2004 -- The Great White Way was full of blue last night as cops closed down Broadway around Times Square for nearly an hour and a half to investigate a suspicious package. Cops were alerted to the package outside the ESPN Zone restaurant at the northeast corner of West 42nd Street and Broadway at around 9:15 p.m.

They closed down West 42nd Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue, as well as Broadway from West 41st Street to West 43rd Street while Bomb Squad technicians investigated the package — which turned out to be harmless.

[Gillsie]

Whoa - the story doesn't tell what they actually found... but what a bummer for the 2 or 3 Flames/Lighting Fans that were watching the Cup Finals at the ESPN zone

[Caipirabob]

I heard it wasn't a bomb, someone found a lit cigarette and called 911. /sarcasm