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Non-Exploding Suitcases Stalled Traffic, Travel, Yesterday
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Garth Johnston
Published Dec 21, 2010
Modified Dec 21, 2010
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Published Dec 21, 2010
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If yesterday felt a little more hectic than usual it wasn't your imagination and it wasn't pre-holiday hysteria (well, maybe it was a little bit): Three different suspicious packages around town were keeping authorities on their toes and everyone else standing still. Luckily the packages weren't dangerous. A package that shut down Newark airport was just a computer monitor, a Honda Odyssey outside the Met was filled with suitcases of clothes, not bombs, and a third suitcase found in Macy's which shutdown parts of Herald Square was also just filled with clothes. We look forward to finding out where non-explosive suitcases pop up next. Kidding aside though, better safe than sorry.
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