Posted on 06/06/2002 12:24:29 PM PDT by chief911
Explosive device found at bridge-tunnel The Virginian-Pilot © June 6, 2002
NORFOLK -- A small explosive device was found this morning inside a ventilation building near the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel.
Details about the device were not immediately available, but police said it was not large enough to have caused damage to the tunnel.
An employee of the Virginia Department of Transportation discovered the device between 8 and 8:30 a.m. today. A State Police bomb squad "rendered the device safe," a police spokesman said.
The bomb has been disarmed and does not pose any danger, police said.
More details will be reported as they become available.
No one was injured by the device and traffic through the tunnel was never stopped.
The investigation of the incident is continuing. Police said they have no suspects.
No suspects?
I could suggest some, but I will keep quiet and let the authorities do their job!
Religion of Peace at work, perhaps?
That was awfully bombastic of them (or is that bomblastic?).
Not large enough to cause damage to the tunnel, but how about to the tunnel's ventilation system!? Couldn't that be a problem?
My question. Did it contain any chemicals that would prove disasterous if distributed in the ventilation system? e.g. yesterday's news release that a bomb explosion twarted in Israel had been filled with cyanide?
Just the sort of thing that the group I have in mind would go after!
What a ludicrious statement. How does one render a bomb, whether big or little, as safe? Because it didn't go off? Because they found it in time? Because.....
Oh never mind.
Pipe bomb found at bridge-tunnel
The Virginian-Pilot © June 6, 2002
NORFOLK -- A small explosive device described as a pipe bomb was found this morning inside a ventilation tunnel of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.
Police said it was not large enough to have caused serious damage to the tunnel.
An employee of the Virginia Department of Transportation discovered the device between 8 and 8:30 a.m. today. A State Police bomb squad "rendered the device safe," a police spokesman said.
No one was injured by the device and traffic through the tunnel was never stopped.
Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner issued a statement this afternoon, saying, "All indications are that the tunnels are safe."
The device was removed from the tunnel and detonated off site, the governor said. He said police are inspecting all other tunnels in Hampton Roads to ensure their safety.
"Virginia State Police and other agencies of state government will continue to be vigilant in protecting the safety of the people of the Commonwealth," Warner said.
The investigation of the incident is continuing. Police said they have no suspects.
Man, you said it.
Remember back in June '93 when some of Osama's gang was stopped while plotting to blow up the Lincoln Tunnel in NYC during high traffic? It's certainly not a new thought to them.
Naw, it was Anne Coulter. She is "da bomb," after all. They rendered her safe by draping a burkha over her...
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