BREAKING: Unknown Substance on NY Subways

[HFishbine]

Five people being treated for exposure to unkown substance on NY subways. On TV right now.

[Renew Deal]

1. It's not on the local news yet.

But it comes on at 12.

[PunkinPi]

2. what channel are you watching?

details please

[HFishbine]

10. Fox

:shrug:

[janx]

3. There's always at least one unknown substance on NY subways...

It's impossible to ride the NY subways without encountering at least one unknown substance.

[Hep]

27. Yeah, but that's usually just urine

n/t

[nostamj]

4. did they mention which subway line???

jeez louise! happy holidays!

[PaDUer]

6. Lockdown? nt

[HFishbine]

8. F

Southbound.

Here's all I can find at the moment: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20031126/ts_nm/security_newyork_dc

[Renew Deal]

12. F runs from queens to the mid 50's down to about Houston and out to

Crooklyn.

http://mta.info/nyct/service/fline.htm

[nostamj]

13. aka MY TRAIN.......................

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[Terran]

21. There was an "odor" in the tunnel??

LOL! Surely that's not an uncommon occurrence in the NYC subway!

[Minstrel Boy]

5. I'd be more afraid of the known substances

[Renew Deal]

7. lol

:nuke:

[Renew Deal]

9. I heard something about flames and the lower east side

more at 12. :shrug:

[maddezmom]

23. anything more about the flames? n/t

[AP]

11. I have a theory that the more serious one of these things is, the less we

will hear about it.

When they know it's BS, they have no compunction about exploiting it for full terror value. But if they were really taken by surprise, there'd be an information lock down.

[Silverhair]

20. Like on 9-11? There was such an information lockdown that

day that we only saw the reruns of the tower collapsing about 199 times.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

14. this is how FOX handled this news

"No terrorist connection to the incident on the subway ... now back to the Michael Jackson video!"

You should have heard the cursing in my office.

[Renew Deal]

15. I stayed home today.

I am home on LI. Have fun.

[veganwitch]

16. urine??

just a guess. havent watched the news.

*is very glad the dc metro systems are very clean, even though the trains dont work half the time*

[Renew Deal]

18. One time...

I was standing at the 50th street 1 & 9. I see this guy, he looks like he is pissing but nothing is hitting the ground. Then he stops, takes the cup he was pissing in and dumps it on the tracks. I love NY. :puke:

[wysimdnwyg]

17. We had an incident like this once at my job

Some people started having eye or breathing problems. The fire dept was called and we evacuated the building. The fire dept told us most likely some pepper spray got into the ventilation system. This could be something similar.

[Renew Deal]

19. Canal St and 6th Ave

6 transit workers were "overcome" by a foul smell. Symptoms similar to pepper spray.

[Cassandra]

24. Apparently paint thinner in the Village

Didn't affect riders at all.

[Rose Siding]

22. Unfortunately, Wyoming got all the hazmat epuipment

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/139687p-123976c.html

[salin]

25. So was General Franks priming the pump?

We can't withstand a WMD attack.... we will revert to a military government.... Bingo Bango suspected attack (small scale, presumably)... then... change the lingo to the heightened likelihood of a massive WMD attack (pointing to the small scale as demonstrating that it is possible) and pushing to revert "preemptively" to a military govt? Okay - and extreme scenario - that I still think is highly unlikely.... but it just popped into my head when I read Garner's comments earlier this week.

Dang this administration has pushed me into extreme cynical mode. I would never have typed, let alone THOUGHT such a thought before teambush took over.

oops - confusing the neocon generals - edited.

[HFishbine]

26. Not Terrorism

NY Subway Odor Not Terrorism Related - Police

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An unknown odor that put five New York subway workers in the hospital on Wednesday was not terrorism-related, said police, who have been on the highest security alert since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

"The incident is not terrorism-related," said a police official who asked not to be identified. "No subway line has been shut down or evacuated."

Firefighters and other emergency services personnel were checking the southbound "F" subway line from the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan to Chinatown for the cause of the odor in a tunnel, the fire department said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20031126/ts_nm/security_newyork_dc