Posted on 08/03/2007 1:02:43 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary
New York authorities were questioning three men found in a bizarre submersible vessel floating just off Manhattan on Friday, according to local reports. The men were discovered early Friday near the cruise terminal in Brooklyn where the massive ocean liner The Queen Mary II is moored, ABC television reported on its website.
When asked about the incident, a police spokeswoman declined to confirm the report or provide any further information, saying only that officers were at the scene.
What the three men were doing in the vessel -- which appeared to be spherical with a circular hatch on top -- was not immediately clear.
According to ABC, there was no indication that the discovery was terror-related -- a constant fear in New York following the September 11 Al-Qaeda attacks on New York.
ABC's radio affiliate WABC reported that the vessel was equipped with oxygen tanks.
Rosie O’Donnell went skinny dipping?
Makes you go hmmmmmm....
Were their turbans wet?
And charged with bestiality for helping Rosie go skinny dipping...
Was it yellow?
CAIR will follow a lawsuit because it might have been a hate crime since they could have been Muslims...
No description of the men. Must be caucasian Americans.
“there was no indication that the discovery was terror-related”
What’s the nationality of the occupants? The authorities would say that “there is no indication” even if the occupants were Iranian nationals.
They would probably also say that “the discovery” was not terror related. Its the submarine that was terror related.
Bloody Vikings!
Pics?
Isn’t that water toxic?
"A view of the Queen Mary II in Manhattan. New York authorities were questioning three men after intercepting a bizarre submersible vessel found floating just off Manhattan on Friday, police said."(AFP/Getty Images/File)
“Its owner was Philip Riley, of Brooklyn, the Coast Guard said.”
Sound ‘Muslim’ to you?
Second story posted here about this incident, and neither one of them mentions the NAMES of the three guys.
No, but ‘Richard Reid’ doesn’t, either...
For earlier discussion, see below. Different sources and information in the threads. Not terror related per authorities. < /sarcasm>
WW II Sub Replica Intercepted Near Queen Mary 2 (WCBSTV ^)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875900/posts
Three Pulled from Sublike Vessel in NYC River (ABC News ^)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875876/posts
Make-shift submarine found in East River (1st report WABC-NY ^ |)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875857/posts
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