one dropped bag....

[Andy]

...is all it takes to shut down midtown manhattan at 845am on a monday morning. this is happening live as i post - someone has dropped or left a brown briefcase in the intersection at madison avenue and 40th street - 7 floors below me right now.

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/22832184-L.jpg

very quick and very ugly stitch of a few shots up and down madison avenue

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/22833081-L.jpg

cops are everywhere. this'd be a good time to rob a bank in midtown, i tell ya.

more later as the story develops

[ian408]

Boy, that's just crazy. Do you suppose they'll blow it apart with a
water cannon?

Ian

[wxwax]

Dang, news is following you thse days, First a plane crash, now a bomb scare.

[Andy]

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/22834520-M.jpg

turned out to be *nothing* just some poor guy's briefcase, papers, ipod, tuna sandwich :uhoh wonder if they'll send him a bill.

[Michiel de Brieder]

did you manage to save the sandwich???? :rofl

[Angelo]

did you manage to save the sandwich???? :rofl
:rofl :rofl :rofl

[Phil U.]

Funny and yet not funny. Shows how scared we are these days... Nice little bit of photojournalism there.

[DavidTO]

Andy,

You seem to be a magnet for emergencies. First the plane, now the bag...you know these things come in threes, so keep your eyes open...

[Andy]

Andy,

You seem to be a magnet for emergencies. First the plane, now the bag...you know these things come in threes, so keep your eyes open...


yuh. i've got waxy coming up from 'lanner and he'll be watching my back and testing my food, etc.... :uhoh

[wxwax]

testing my food, etc.... :uhoh
Heck, I'm gonna have to bring my own treadmill to work that off! :evil :flip