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Suspicious material closes Red Line, bomb threat closes Brown Line
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| photo by Craig Gernhardt, Gernhardt Publications
Abandoned suitcase causes fear on Red Line
Pictured at the corner of Berwyn Ave. and Broadway, four sergeants and two officers from the Police Department discuss the possible terrorist threat with three CTA workers. The shops behind them, as well as a nearby Jewel, were evacuated, just in case. |
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| photo by Craig Gernhardt, Gernhardt Publications
Stay back
Yellow tape and a police car mark a boundary for the public as the Red Line train, in the background, is inspected by teams of police. |
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By Mary Corrado
Editor
The federal government declared terrorist alert level orange (high) only for mass transit regional and inner city passenger rails, beginning Thursday, July 7, when reports of the terrorist bombing of public transportation in London came in. At 9:46 a.m. Friday, July 8, an abandoned suitcase on the Red Line at the Berwyn stop caused the CTA to shut off electricity to the Red Line and to evacuate the train. Police also evacuated the nearby Jewel and the strip mall. The suitcase turned out to contain only clothes.
In addition, at 8:37 a.m. Sunday, July 10, a bomb threat warned police that a bomb would go off at the Kimball el stop "in 12 minutes." The CTA shut down the Brown Line. Police determined that the threat was a hoax.
Police have reminded all patrol division personnel of the strategies to use in the Critical Incident Response Program; Communicable Diseases and Infection Control; Bomb, Arson and Fire Incidents; Hazardous Materials Incidents; and Suspicious Package/Mail Incidents. These will be reviewed at daily roll calls until further notice. |
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