Bainbridge terminal closed
SEATTLE -- The state ferry terminal on Bainbridge Island was closed late Tuesday afternoon because of "suspicious activity" connected to the ferry Wenatchee, a state ferries spokeswoman said.
The Wenatchee was tied up at Bainbridge and the terminal was closed, spokeswoman Susan Harris said.
Traffic on the Bainbridge side was being diverted to Kingston. The second ferry on the Bainbridge-Seattle run, the Tacoma, was being diverted to Kingston.
Further details about the suspicious activity were not immediately available
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Ferry%20Shutdown
THANKS Velveeta.
Suspicious Backpack Shuts Down Bainbridge Terminal
POSTED: 4:42 pm PST December 14, 2004
UPDATED: 5:24 pm PST December 14, 2004
SEATTLE -- The busy state ferry terminal on Bainbridge Island was closed during evening rush hour Tuesday after a man was spotted dumping a backpack into a garbage can on the ferry Puyallup, a state trooper said.
The State Patrol was treating the matter as a "bomb situation" and had a bomb unit at the scene, Trooper Scott Harter said.
The Puyallup was evacuated and a 300-foot perimeter established around the vessel.
The incident occurred after the ferry docked, Harter said.
"A young male -- that's the only description we have at this time" -- was observed dumping the backpack into a garbage can, he said.
"Then he fled from the boat," Harter said.
Concerns arose when a ferry rider acted "erratically," ferry spokeswoman Susan Harris said.
Traffic on the Bainbridge side was being diverted to Kingston, she said. The second ferry on the Bainbridge-Seattle run, the Wenatchee, was also diverted to Kingston.
Buses were taking people from the ferry terminal at Kingston to Bainbridge Island, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/3997675/detail.html
Yikes. IMO it's just a matter of time till something happens on the Puget Sound ferry system. It's such a large system, so many ferries with so many passangers, and very inadequate security.