Free Republic, did the same for me during the subway bombings in England. My son was there and should have been on the train that was bombed, but he over slept. I called him and caught him just leaving the station because they shut down the subway. I was able to tell him what happened and to go back to his apartment. No one in London knew, yet, and it wasn't on the news here,yet, either. I think it was Mad Ivan that broke the story.
...thus you support the AP’s point.