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>From http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-279508,00.html
>>>And they done did have an oithquake the other week, they did, they did. Just tell
whoever evacuates the city not to look back; unless they want to be part of an avant-
garde salt statuette business. A<>E<>R
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April 26, 2002
New York on nuclear alert after blast
>From James Bone in New York
NEW YORK was seized by fears of a �dirty bomb� terrorist attack yesterday after an
apparently accidental explosion ripped through a commercial building, injuring
dozens, at least six critically.
Manhattan hospitals were put on full disaster alert and prepared to decontaminate
incoming victims from radiation, with at least one scanning them with a Geiger
counter.
Fearing a new terrorist attack, the FBI and the New York bomb squad swooped on
the ten-storey building on West 19th Street in response to the blast shortly before
noon. The surrounding streets were cordoned off and emergency crews and more
than 100 firefighters set up a triage centre on the pavement for dozens of walking
wounded.
St Vincent�s Hospital, which treated the injured from the World Trade Centre on
September 11, declared its top �Code Three� disaster alert as its safety officer
monitored arriving victims for radiation in a decontamination area. Federal officials
gave warning recently that al- Qaeda may be trying to develop a radiological device,
or �dirty bomb�, for attacks in the United States.
Six people were admitted to the hospital in �very critical condition� with head wounds
and burns, after the blast which injured up to 50. Windows along the block were
blown out by the force of the explosion and several of the injured were hit by flying
glass. More than 100 firefighters were called to the scene.
But Dr Richard Westfal, the associate director of St Vincent Hospital�s emergency
room, said: �There was no evidence of any weapons of mass destruction or anything
like that. It looked like just an explosion.�
The blast rattled nearby buildings and was initially thought to have occurred in the
Apex Technical School on the corner of West 19th Street and 6th Ave. The school
was not damaged.
Bill Beek, who lives a half-block away, said: �It was a real giant boom, It sounded
like
an airplane crashing.�
One eyewitness, Alan Awol, said: �I heard a big explosion. The whole third floor had
collapsed. People were stuck on the third floor. They looked like they were hysterical,
like they wanted to jump out.�
Scott Bonilla, a student at the technical school, said he was inside the building when
it began shaking. �They told us to rush out of the building,� he said. Stuart
Markowitz,
who runs the school�s education department, said: �It was just a really loud noise.
Some of our windows did get blown out.�
Michael Bloomberg, the New York Mayor, said: �At the moment I want to assure that
there is absolutely no reason to think this is anything other than a tragic accident,
and
we hope there is no loss of life.�
Like the jet crash near John F. Kennedy airport late last year, the blast rattled New
Yorkers� nerves and offered another test of the city�s revamped emergency response
system.
Nicholas Scoppetta, the New York Fire Commissioner, said that the explosion
occurred in the basement of the building, which houses a company that makes signs.
He said the company received shipments of volatile materials in 50-gallon drums on
Wednesday but could not say if those were the cause of the explosion. According to
earlier reports, the New York City building department had received a complaint
about unauthorised construction at the site and inspectors had issued a �stop-work�
order on Tuesday. Despite the ban, work apparently continued.
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