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Boston Terrorism Attack

2007 Reader Submission
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I want t0 Nominate the Mayor of Boston, the Boston Chief of Police, The Boston Bomb Squad and the Boston District Attorney for the first Darwin Award for 2007. Boston Police got a 911 call that there was a suspicious "THING" at the Sullivan Station underneath Interstate 93 at 6:18AM. The DA said it looked like it had C-4 explosive. Boston Police shut down Freeways, Subways, Trains and the Boston Harbor for over 10 hours. They called in the BOMB SQUAD and blew up the first one they found under Interstate 93. Examination of the pieces showed no signs of explosives. When they were notified of other "THINGS" had been found they put the entire city on "RED ALERT" and requested IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE from Homeland Security. The Vice President was notified at 9:30AM. Ted Kennedy and Duncan Hunter were notified at 10:05AM and the PRESIDENT was notified at 11:22AM. The President, the Cabinet and Staff relocated to the "BUNKERS" at 12:17PM. Members of Congress were relocated at 1:37PM

Meanwhile Boston Police continued to follow-up on leads with Homeland Security and they found another "SUSPICIOUS DEVICE". The BOMB SQUAD put it thdowmmb Containment Barrel, moved it to secure location and Blew it up. These activities continued until 5:00PM when the folks a Turner saw the News Reports and called Boston Police. By then Boston Police and Homeland Security found 9 of the 38 advertising signs which were about one foot square with a magnetic back so they could be attached to metal objects. As soon as Turner Cartoon Network realized the Boston problem around 5 p.m., it said, law enforcement officials were told of their locations in 10 cities where it said the devices had been placed for two to three weeks: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Austin, Texas, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Homeland Security Chief Certoff called the President at 5:32PM and informed him the situation was under control and the could come out of the BUNKERS.

“We apologize to the citizens of Boston that part of a marketing campaign was mistaken for a public danger,” said Phil Kent, chairman of Turner, a division of Time Warner Inc.

In Seattle and several suburbs, the removal of the signs was low-key. “We haven’t had any calls to 911 regarding this,” Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said Wednesday.

Police in Philadelphia said they believed their city had 56 devices.

The New York Police Department removed 41 of the devices — 38 Los Angeles and three in Brooklyn, according to spokesman Paul Browne. The NYPD had not received any complaints.

Massachusetts Congressmen, Certoff, the Mayor, the Chief of Police, the District Attorney, the Tea Companies and Ted Kennedy want Turner to pay $750,000 in Police Costs. How can a group that bungled this whole INCIDENT realistically expect to be paid for their ineptitude? If Turner had not called they would have had the city under LOCK DOWN for 2 more days as the DISARMED the other 29 electronic signs posted around the City.

Submitted on 02/01/2007

Submitted by: Jim Frego
Reference: January 31, 2007

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Graham said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
This is an on-going investigation and involves more than one person. We'll have to wait and see what the final upshot is. Thanks for sending it in though.


James said:
Definitely Toss: Not Amusing
I actually applaud the authorities in Boston for a "better safe than sorry" response. I'm actually disappointed that you believe they should be nominated. Would you rather have seen the opposite happen (ie REAL bombs and the Boston PD laughing it off)??? Shame on you! I utterly fail to see the humor in this. If there's ANY stupidity involved, it's that of the Cartoon Network's publicity department, who ought to get the sack for what they did.


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