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At Least Six Suspicious Powder Incidents In Manhattan Today

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Jen Chung

Published Apr 30, 2012

Modified Apr 30, 2012

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The incident at Madison and 34th Street

 

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Published Apr 30, 2012

Modified Apr 30, 2012

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There are suspicious powder incidents every day and, luckily, most seem to be false alarms. But today there have been at least six powder incidents in Manhattan (is the #TERROR hashtag too alarmist or just right?) and the NYPD says there might be a seventh.

One of the incidents is at 180 Madison Avenue, at a Wells Fargo branch at East 34th Street, where three people were reportedly exposed. Here are the locations and times of the incidents:

14:05—180 Madison Avenue
14:39—45 Broadway
15:30—530 Fifth Avenue
15:45—100 Gold Street
16:07—2330 Broadway
16:52—757 Third Avenue

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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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