Posted on 11/19/2010 7:22:10 AM PST by inflorida
A camouflage-clad Florida dance troupe desperate to make it to a live TV talent show set off a rush-hour terror scare when they ditched their cars in merciless Lincoln Tunnel traffic and tried to sprint through the tube.
The FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force was called in -- and a massive contingent of heavily armed cops surrounded the harmless performers, who stood teary-eyed in their showy costumes as hundreds of angry drivers were stuck in the snarl.
"They drew their guns on us at first," said Landon Burse, 24, the group's executive director who arranged the appearance on BET's "106 & Park" segment "Wild on Wednesday."
"It was terrifying. I was crying," said Eternity Odom, 16, one of the four girls who perform in the group.
The tunnel was closed for 45 minutes before cops realized the eight-member team was headed to the studio on West 57th Street. They eventually offered them a police escort to make the show.
But it was too late -- the hard-headed producers of the live talent show told them not to bother, sending them in a trail of tears back down the New Jersey Turnpike.
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Welcome to the real world, idiots.
Nasty, I’d rather watch 30 pounds of tofu in a paint shaker.
“...said ‘Eternity’ Odom...”
Looks like stupidity runs in the family.
This gathers together about 17 things wrong with our society and puts it all in one neat package.
Imagine they had to leave without a homeland security grope.
damned fool idiots. they don’t care who they mess up, inconvenience, or other annoy as long as they get their ‘artistic’ jollies.
glad they got caught.
Think of the obnoxiousness of someone abandoning a car on the freaking ramp leading into one of the main conduits into Manhattan.
Anyone who has driven the helix feeding into the Lincoln Tunnel knows what kind of chaos this caused for thousands and thousands of people.
What do you mean shot by a civilian, New York doesn't allow civilians to have guns.
‘They drew their guns on us’ — these IDIOTS were lucky that those stuck in the snarl did not draw THEIR guns on them.
Proper prior planning prevents p!ss poor performance.
The 7 “P’s” to success.
Exactly.
Yet somehow illegal possession of a firearm is one of the most commonly booked crimes in NYC.
They should have changed into Muslim garb and they would have received a police helicopter escort with Mayor Bloomberg on board showing off his snoopy pilot skills for the 'Religion of Peace'!
I expect now because of the notoriety, you’ll be seeing them on Letterman within the week.
Why? What is wrong with these police officers, other than stupidity?
Pretty chunky group of dancers. Well, at least they didn’t pull this stunt in front of the White House. Would have made such an interesting bier summit. With their next-of-kin.
Not one of ‘em I’d think of nicknaming “Twinkletoes.”
Twinkie-tush, maybe.
Because they are black.
Odom said she learned a valuable lesson.
"There are a lot of fumes in that tunnel, and we could have passed out or gotten hit by a car," she said. "The next time we come here, we'll stay in our cars."
You think so, Odom? I learned not to run in traffic when I was about three years old. And I've driven through that tunnel hundreds of times in my life -- and I've never felt the urge to get out of my car and run for the tunnel portal. Nobody ever had to tell me that, either.
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