The Federal Building & post office on Liberty Street was evacuated this morning, closing Fourth, Fifth, and Liberty and snarling traffic during the morning commute.
From the Channel 7 site: ” According to officials, a special bomb-sniffing dog that was brought in discovered a suspicious package. The box references the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Both the bomb squad and the FBI were called to the scene.”
A citizen who works across the street from the Federal Building took these photos: http://public.fotki.com/deconstruction/bomb_squad/. The surrounding buildings were not evacuated nor even told that there was a bomb, though it was fairly obvious from the presence of the Northville Bomb Squad truck. It appears to have been defused if it was a bomb, or at least investigated and determined that it wasn’t one. The streets are now open again.
—Dale Sep. 12 '05 - 05:10PM #
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-14/112653608169080.xml&coll=2
I’ve been mailing my empty Gatorade bottles to PBR for years and it has never gotten this much attention.
—FAA Sep. 12 '05 - 06:09PM #
—Mark Sep. 12 '05 - 07:38PM #