NYC Warned of 'Emergency' Threat (Scary)

N E W Y O R K, June 20 — Police and fire officials in New York are being warned that terrorists may be trying to acquire surplus or replica emergency vehicles to use as car bombs that could be planted near government buildings or landmarks without drawing attention.

A law enforcement source confirmed a report in The New York Daily News today that officials were alerted to the plot when two unidentified Middle Eastern men tried to buy a replica ambulance at a northern New Jersey shop that builds copies of emergency vehicles, police cars and fire trucks.

The owner of the shop became suspicious when the men tried to pay cash, and the pair fled without leaving any identification, the source told the News.

"This is a real concern. Terrorists have used ambulances to sneak suicide bombers into areas," the souce told the newspaper.

Among the sites officials fear could be targeted are City Hall, FBI offices, police department headquarters and even fire department facilities.

Fire department and police investigators have already begun efforts to ensure that unauthorized people cannot gain access to facilities where emergency vehicles are stored or repaired, fire department sources told the News.

"We've been told to watch our vehicles, all our vehicles," a fire department source said. "It's the vehicles that can get into areas that we are really concerned about. Who is not going to let a patrol car pass, or an ambulance, especially if we are in a state of emergency?"

The alert comes as the city is gearing up for July Fourth festivities, which generally draw huge crowds to fireworks displays around Manhattan.

>Age hasn't been kind to Harvey.

This is my Harvey Keitel story:

A couple of years ago, I was at a party where there were the three most BEAUTIFUL women I'd ever seen. I mean, these girls were SO beautiful that supermodels would one day aspire to look so good... Anyway, I snuck over to fix myself a drink near where they were talking to each other -- because everyone was terrified to go near them they were SO beautiful -- and they were discussing who THEY thought was the sexiest man in the world. They instantly agreed on Harvey Keitel. Go figure.*

-- KotS

* When I heard the girls say "Harvey Keitel," in my mind -- I'd had a couple of drinks -- I associated the name for some reason with the person Harvey Lembeck. (The guy from the beach party movies who played Eric Von Zipper, the world's oldest juvenile delinquent.) I figured, what the heck, really beautiful girls DO have strange standards. Maybe I have a chance after all... So I walked right up to the girls and said, "Hey, those beach party movies were pretty good, weren't they?" They looked at each other, smiled, and said, "Yeah." (Go figure. Even complete stupidity sometimes works as an introduction.)

A week or so later, one of the girls, Shelby, and I were in a video store looking for a movie. The TVs in the store were previewing some Harvey Keitel movie and I looked up and -- in an INSTANT -- realized THEN what a STUPID mistake I'd made the week before and I realized that I'd thought Lembeck when they'd said Keitel... My stomach tied up in a knot and I thought I was actually going to hurl... But then I thought -- and my brain actually thought these words -- The fox can stop worrying about the guard dogs once he's inside the hen house...

And that's how Harvey Keitel indirectly got me introduced to the most beautiful girl I've ever gone out with. Harvey, and my own natural stupidity...

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