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23-Jan-2015
Suspicious Package Turns Out to be an Accordion!, Maryland - USAby Harley Jones |
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| For over two hours, more than 30 police, fire and rescue workers investigated a suspicious package that turned out to be ... an accordion. At 9 am on Friday morning, Howard County authorities were alerted to what appeared to be an abandoned suitcase in front of the Owen Brown Interfaith Center in Columbia, Maryland, according to local fire officials. The area around the building was cordoned off with yellow police tape. Just outside the perimeter were police cars, an emergency services command truck, and fire and rescue trucks. "We send out equipment based on a worst-case scenario," said Assistant Fire Chief Joe Dixon. The day care center temporarily relocated to a room in Giant Foods nearby. The experts went to work gingerly opening the package. After lightly, carefully and very slowly removing the lid, the team peeked inside and spied a musical instrument – an accordion. Panic over. “The owner was unknown”, said police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn. "I'm sure the police took it into custody," she said. The children, who watched ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked’ during what turned out to be a false alarm, were paraded back into the Interfaith Center shortly before 11.30 am, as the swarm of equipment and emergency personnel left. |