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Threat to Portland ME's Casco Bay Bridge
Portland Press Herald ^
| 1/7/04
Posted on 01/07/2004 11:58:40 AM PST by MrsEmmaPeel
PORTLAND The Casco Bay Bridge is still standing. That's despite a threat that something bad would happen at 12:59 p.m.
The bridge over the Fore River between Portland and South Portland was shut down from 12:45 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. because of a threat overheard on a marine radio channel.
Portland FBI Supervisor Jim Osterrieder said the Coast Guard overheard someone make a threat on the bridge over VHF Channel 16. That happened around 12:30 a.m. and the bridge was closed shortly thereafter.
Officials searched the area and the bridge reopened around 6 a.m., in time for the morning rush hour.
Officials aren't specifying what the threat was, but say they have a tape of it. The Coast Guard has been patrolling the Fore River, and there are about 10 police cruisers in the area.
ANOTHER SOURCE: Our Maine.Com
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maine; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: orangealert4; terrorists; threats
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I live very close to this bridge in South Portland, and all I can tell you is that the Coast Guard helicopters have been out in force all afternoon.
To: SheLion
Not sure if you heard about this one ...
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Boy, if terrorists are using Marine VHF channel 16, we are in trouble.
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posted on
01/07/2004 12:05:27 PM PST
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Yes, 16 should only be used for distress and hailing. This sounds like a prank but the Coast Guard is pretty good lately in tracking where distress calls come from and maybe they'll catch the person that did this.
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posted on
01/07/2004 12:10:00 PM PST
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
Out my office window is Portland harbor. I saw one helicopter hover (without moving from side to side) for 3 minutes -- I timed him. He was only a couple hundred feet above the water. I was thinking at the time that I was watching one skilled pilot in action. He would go away, circle another area, then hover again. This went on at about 12:30 EST (lunchtime) for about an hour. The bridge was closed after midnight, but clearly they were still looking for something 12 hours later.
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Thanks for the alert. It looks like one of our home grown psychos are at it. I've seen so many warnings and alerts -- it's getting old.
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posted on
01/07/2004 12:16:14 PM PST
by
cowworker
To: cowworker
This one surprised me, as so much activity was literally happening outside my window.
To: MrsEmmaPeel
How far is it to Lewiston?
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posted on
01/07/2004 12:25:31 PM PST
by
gridlock
(There's no such thing as idiot-proof, only idiot-resistant. The ingenuity of idiots knows no bounds)
To: gridlock
30 miles north.
To: MrsEmmaPeel
We all know where OBL got his start after leaving Afghanistan... Wonder if some of his loyal followers haven't settled down in Lewiston.
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posted on
01/07/2004 12:40:08 PM PST
by
gridlock
(There's no such thing as idiot-proof, only idiot-resistant. The ingenuity of idiots knows no bounds)
To: gridlock
That's a creepy thought.
To: MrsEmmaPeel
This is Maine, not Oregon, for Freepers who may not know.
To: MoralSense
"ME" in the title = State code for Maine
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Illegals will guard the bridge for low pay. /sarc
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posted on
01/07/2004 12:59:46 PM PST
by
Lijahsbubbe
(One person CAN change the world, but most of the time, you probably shouldn't)
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Keep us posted.
LOVE your screen name; that was a great show.
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posted on
01/07/2004 1:00:14 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Calpernia; Cindy
Ping
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posted on
01/07/2004 1:08:49 PM PST
by
flutters
(God Bless The USA)
To: Peach
Just heard on the radio that the bridge was closed twice: once at midnight, the other time at lunchtime. (News said 12:45 to 1:15 pm) However, I noticed the coast guard helicopter hover right out my office window at 12:39 pm.
The radio news said that the coast guard had received a telephone call from a woman who threatened to blow up the bridge. This is slightly at odds from the Portland press Herald that was reporting the threat was over marine channel 16 - the distress channel. As the radio report was just given (4:04 pm) I think its probably more up to date. I suppose its possible that there could have been 2 threats.
No information on the nationality of the woman, but if a phone call was made, I'd imagine that it could be traced fairly easily.
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Thanks for that update. Given how the press gets so much wrong, it's entirely possible that both reports are incorrect.
Will check in later...
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posted on
01/07/2004 1:24:03 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: gridlock
Where did he get his start after leaving Afghanistan?
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