CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Friday night at around 6:15pm, a resident on his way to Shul, noticed a small suitcase lying on the sidewalk of President Street between Albany and Troy Avenue and heard a buzzing sound coming from within it. He then approached a Police Officer posted on the corner and informed him of his suspicion.
Moments later the block filled with hundreds of Police Officers and Firefighters, all of whom staged a ‘safe area’ and evacuated the block. Mothers and young children were all forced out of their homes and into the cold due to the bomb scare.
Bomb Scare on President Street, Friday Night
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Friday night at around 6:15pm, a resident on his way to Shul, noticed a small suitcase lying on the sidewalk of President Street between Albany and Troy Avenue and heard a buzzing sound coming from within it. He then approached a Police Officer posted on the corner and informed him of his suspicion.
Moments later the block filled with hundreds of Police Officers and Firefighters, all of whom staged a ‘safe area’ and evacuated the block. Mothers and young children were all forced out of their homes and into the cold due to the bomb scare.
Residents on the next block were kind enough and opened their doors allowing displaced residents into the warmth of their homes, while they waited for the ordeal to pass.
At around 7:30pm the bomb squad identified the buzzing sound as an electric toothbrush, in the suitcase, and allowed the resident back into their homes.
Part of the reason for the major response, was due to the elevated risk level issued the FBI for Shuls, following the assassination of Imad Mughniyeh, one of the world’s most wanted and elusive terrorists, which the Hezbollah terror organization blamed Israel for and vowed retaliation on Israel and Jewish institutions worldwide.
ceo
ahavas yisroel is the ikkar here. all kinds of it. its what WE can do and its powerful.
ca
i takeh thought someone was missing his daily brush…..
The tooth fairy
So who’s suitcase/toothbrush was it?
Also note that if you leave your suitcase unatended in the train station to go get something out side, you can get a ticket which I saw on Kingston Ave.
Ich hoff az keyner zal clingen zay tzu Bais Chayanu tzu zuchen vos is in der keslech by der mantels.
READER
thank god it was a fake
Mising toothbrush
Can I now have my toothbrush back?
chaya-le
how did u get the picks on shabbos?
mean trick
nice trick!!! (NOT!!!)
whoever did that was a VERY mean person….
and I wonder if that person brushed his teeth!!! hahaha!!
benny
this is not the photo taken at president st.on 1 the photo is in the day time,this happend at night.no 2 the photo has a photo store in the back ground.there are no photo stores any where around albany to troy on president st.
ILLUSTRATION PHOTO
the picture clearly states that it is an illustration photo. That means that it is not a photo from the scene, it is to illusrate what the article is about.
Better safe then sorry
very good if someone suspects something even if it may not really be a bomb or something dangrous YOU MUST ALWAYS REPORT IT…..better safe then sorry
way to go!!!!
If you see something – SAY SOMETHING!!!
chicken essers
we should learn a lesson from this. Never leave chicken with an electric toothbrush in a suitcase!
Going Crazy!!!!!
This Is Really Crazy Whats Gonna Happen To CH Why Don’t the Police Patrol Not To Let Any Arabs In CH I Saw A Arab On My Block You Know I ran In My Building FAST!!!