WRAL News: Triangle Reacts to Terrorist Attacks
N.C. Military Bases On Heightened Alert
"Military bases in North Carolina are at heightened states of security amid reports of terrorist hits in New York City and Washington.
Fort Bragg, home of the Army's 18th Airborne Corps, and Pope Air Force base are on their highest state of alert.
A Fort Bragg spokesman says it is on Force Protection condition "Delta."
That means the post is on a heightened state of security and awareness.
The same is true at Pope AFB..."
Federal Courthouses in Eastern N.C. Closed
Old Capitol Building Shut Down in Raleigh
All six federal courthouses in eastern North Carolina are closed in response to today's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
That includes all courthouses from Raleigh to Wilmington.
Chief Deputy Bill Snelson of the United States Marshal's Service for Eastern North Carolina sats there's been a definite heightened security,
but he's won't go into specifics.
Yellow police tape lined parts of the perimeter around the Terry Sanford Federal Building in Raleigh, where hundreds of people work.
The old Capitol Building, which houses Governor Easley's office, is closed.
Easley has also ordered additional security measures at other state government buildings.
Renee Hoffman of the State Emergency Response Team says there have been no threats in North Carolina,
but the governor has ordered additional security at some sites around the city.
The team, made up of officials from several agencies of state government, had been partially activiated in response to the attacks.
It is typically activated to respond to natural disasters.
A briefing is expected for this afternoon.
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Nothing else confirmed to report here.
Have heard friends who say that Seymour Johnson AFB (Goldsboro NC), 30 min from my office, is on full alert and that jets were scrambled this a.m.
God bless our country.
-CD