Breaking, unconfirmed: 3 Arabs detained on Williamsburg Bridge; bridge closed

WABC radio - NYC/FOX NEWS | 3/28/03 | self

[shhrubbery!]

WABC radio is reporting three persons of "Arabic descent" have been detained after leaving suspicious item on Williamsburg Bridge.

This bridge is one of the main routes into Manhattan from Brooklyn.

[oceanview]

eyewitness report coming in over the phone now: local streets closed, evacuations from local stores.

[shhrubbery!]

Isn't western Atlantic Avenue (not far from Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge) heavily Lebanese? Both Christian and Muslim? Just asking.

Pharmboy is right. Many Arabs have businesses along Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Don't know if they're mostly Lebanese.

This is in close proximity to three bridges: Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Brooklyn Bridges.

There was a terrorist murder on the Brooklyn Bridge a few years ago. A man named Rashid Boz, I believe a Palestinian living in Brooklyn, shot into a school van carrying Jewish students. One boy was killed and another seriously maimed. At first the perp was characterized as a 'lone nut,' but I believe the incident has recently been re-classified as a terrorist attack.

[lelio]

CNBC reporting that "all" bridges into Manhattan are shut down. Keep on seeing a view from a chopper of the onramp to the Williamsburg bridge.
Need a freeper on the scene!

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

On national FOX now

[Miss Marple]

Live on Fox News now. Showing Williamsburg Bridge.

[BunnySlippers]

Oops, sorry. I didn't find this post in a search. Mods should remove my post.

[Potemkin_village_idiot]

Lot's of angry commuters; especially on the FDR. Hey, how about another "die-in"! No need for the red paint.

[FrogMom]

Fox is now reporting this.

All NY bridges being inspected.

[jimbo123]

Workers on the bridge were suspicious of 3 middle eastern men climbing the manhattan tower. The middle eastern men supposedly rapelled down the tower after the workers started questioning them.

[battlegearboat]

All bridges being inspected now. Fox News

[shhrubbery!]

Quit being so suspicious! They are probably just performance artists. :)

That wouldn't surprise me.

[concerned about politics]

Construction workers reported the guys scalling the bridge.
Guess the police were busy protecting citizens from the '60's commies? Go figure.

[jackbill]

CNBC reporting that "all" bridges into Manhattan are shut down.

Doesn't appear to be so. According to FNC, right now, Williamsburg is closed the others are being inspected.

[umgud]

bump

[Mamzelle]

Maybe he meant that they were repellant? ;+)

[Mudboy Slim]

The Lib'ral DemonRAT KorruptKlintonKlan LOVES Terrorists!!!

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It seems that one of Slick's crew...
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1 posted on 01/25/2003 10:39 AM EST by Mudboy Slim

[Snerdley]

repellant? Are you series? This is Hugh!

[lelio]

Another FR post from the AP wire:
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Three unidentified men walked across the Williamsburgh Bridge that links Manhattan and Brooklyn, dropped packages near construction workers, and then rappelled over the side of the bridge, local Fox affiliate television channel WNYW reported Friday morning.
The men were taken into custody immediatley afterwards, the report said. According to the report, the bridge was closed.

[Afronaut]

NOW they left the bridge in "some capacity" and they "might" have left a package...Get the picture?