World Trade Centre transit hub evacuated due to suspicious package

[gregjrichards]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A suspicious package has prompted an evacuation at the World Trade Center PATH station.

Sources tell CBS2 that Port Authority K-9 officers received a positive hit in a PATH rail car at the World Trade Center station.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/07/02/oculus-suspicious-package/

 

[gregjrichards]

"K-9 dogs got a positive hit inside a car at the PATH station, sources said. The train had arrived from Newark."

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...Center-After-Evacuation-Police-432140613.html

Does anyone know what security is like at the path station are they extremely vigilant?

 

[gregjrichards]

Latest info

New Jersey’s commuter rail train suspended service to and from its World Trade Center hub in lower Manhattan Sunday afternoon due to an unattended package on a track at the station, authorities said.

The package was discovered at about 3 p.m. on track 2 at the PATH station, said Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority Police.

http://www.newsday.com/news/new-yor...spended-to-from-world-trade-center-1.13778498

 

[MIKAYOYO]

Yikes! I've never been to NY but I would imagine they're always vigilant around there and especially since it's so close to 4th of July.


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[MIKAYOYO]

"K-9 dogs got a positive hit inside a car at the PATH station, sources said. The train had arrived from Newark."

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...Center-After-Evacuation-Police-432140613.html

Does anyone know what security is like at the path station are they extremely vigilant?

Positive hit for explosives?


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[gregjrichards]

Positive hit for explosives?


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That's a possibility I don't know how likely it is for the dogs to provide a false hit.

 

[Tillicum]

Positive hit for explosives?


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That would be my guess. I was hoping the dog was just mistaken but if more dogs got a positive hit, probably not.

 

[gregjrichards]

PATH train service into the World Trade Center station is suspended while police investigate an "unattended suitcase," authorities said.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/07/unattended_package_suspends_path_service.html

"Police were called to investigate a suspicious item when a K9 pooch reacted in a way that could signal explosive compounds, sources said.

PATH told riders through Twitter at 3:19 p.m.: “Due to police activity, service in to and out of WTC is suspended. Please use MTA for service uptown for PATH service in to New Jersey.”

http://nypost.com/2017/07/02/path-station-evacuated-after-k9-detects-possible-explosives/

 

[Tillicum]

That's a possibility I don't know how likely it is for the dogs to provide a false hit.

According to this it happens.

Bomb-sniffing dogs at LAX a reliable tool but not perfect

“The overwhelming number of incorrect alerts identified across conditions confirms that handler beliefs affect performance,” the researchers, led by Lisa Lit, wrote in a journal called “Animal Cognition.”

Steven Nicely, who said he trained 750 police dogs and now runs K9 Consultants of America in Texas, said humans sometimes don’t even know what is occurring.

“The handler knows something is up and the dog reacts to the handler’s body language,” Nicely said. “The sad part is that the handler’s body language can be so subtle that unless you really know what you are looking for, people probably aren’t going to see it.”

 

[gregjrichards]

Officers on scene began investigating a suspicious package on a PATH train shortly after 3 p.m., officials said. The bomb squad cleared the package around 4:30 p.m.

http://pix11.com/2017/07/02/police-activity-shuts-down-world-trade-center-transit-hub/

Looks like a false alarm now thankfully.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Latest info

New Jersey’s commuter rail train suspended service to and from its World Trade Center hub in lower Manhattan Sunday afternoon due to an unattended package on a track at the station, authorities said.

The package was discovered at about 3 p.m. on track 2 at the PATH station, said Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority Police.

http://www.newsday.com/news/new-yor...spended-to-from-world-trade-center-1.13778498

A package ON the actual track? That's a huge deal.
The NYPD is always on high alert, especially around holidays. There is police presence in every train station if you can imagine that.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Officers on scene began investigating a suspicious package on a PATH train shortly after 3 p.m., officials said. The bomb squad cleared the package around 4:30 p.m.

http://pix11.com/2017/07/02/police-activity-shuts-down-world-trade-center-transit-hub/

Looks like a false alarm now thankfully.

Looks like it was on the train. Not track. All clear.