Explosion Rocks Yale!

Stoic · Post by **Stoic** » Wed May 21, 2003 8:05 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3048793.stm

There has been an explosion at the prestigious Yale University in the US state of Connecticut, local reports say.

Smoke can be seen rising from the law school building in the city centre of New Haven.

It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion which apparently occurred in the building's mail room, but one report quoted local police as saying it was a bomb.

There were also no confirmations of any injuries.

An FBI spokesman said members of the agency's Joint Terrorism Task Force had been sent to the scene as a precaution, local television news reported.

The incident came only hours after US President George W Bush - a Yale graduate - visited Connecticut to speak at the US Coast Guard Academy.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Wed May 21, 2003 8:06 pm

I saw it on the run. I didn't read anything bout it till now though.

it's nothing that personally affects my life either way.

/end

Veldrin · Post by **Veldrin** » Wed May 21, 2003 8:14 pm

This calls for a party. I'll bring the keg... tap.

Stoic · Post by **Stoic** » Wed May 21, 2003 8:18 pm

CNN has more information...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/05 ... index.html

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (CNN) -- A bomb went off in Yale University's law school building Wednesday, according to a U.S. government official, but no injuries were reported.

The official said local authorities in Connecticut have confirmed the explosion was a bomb but the facts of the case "do not indicate or bear the marks of an international terrorist incident."

Dorie Baker, a Yale spokeswoman, said an investigation is under way.

"We don't know what kind of a device," she said. "It was in an empty classroom, not in the mailroom. All sources are agreed there were no injuries."

Law enforcement sources said initial reports are that the device was in a package when it went off.

The FBI dispatched its joint terrorism task force to the scene.

The explosion occurred around 4:40 p.m. The building, including a day care facility, was evacuated after the explosion. The building had been used for final exams earlier in the day.

Dozens of emergency crews are at the scene, and authorities sealed off the area.

While the source of the explosion is still unknown, the emergency comes at a time of increased tension.

President Bush raised the nation's threat level Tuesday to orange, or "high" -- the second-highest state of alert in the color-coded warning system -- after meeting with his Homeland Security Council to discuss intelligence reports suggesting al Qaeda had entered an "operational period worldwide" and might attack within the United States.

One student said he was studying in the law school library, when he felt the "Earth move."

"We heard a really, very very loud shaking kind of sound," he said. "I just grabbed my computer and ran."

As he evacuated, he said he saw "some clouds of dust in the main floor."

New Haven Mayor John DeStefano saw the site of the explosion and said a wall dividing two classrooms was knocked down by the blast but there was no structural damage to the building and no windows were blown out.

An official at the Department of Homeland Security said the agency received calls from state and local officials in Connecticut immediately after the explosion. Officials with the department will monitor the situation.

Bush was in Connecticut Wednesday to deliver a commencement speech to the graduates of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, 50 miles from New Haven.

Yale is one the nation's top universities and was founded in 1701. It has an enrollment of more than 5,000 students. Commencement is scheduled for Monday.

Neptune L`amour · Post by **Neptune L`amour** » Thu May 22, 2003 5:26 am

"We heard a really, very very loud shaking kind of sound," he said. "I just grabbed my computer and ran."

This person is a true hero...[/quote]

Brsrk · Post by **Brsrk** » Thu May 22, 2003 2:05 pm

Neptune L`amour wrote:
"We heard a really, very very loud shaking kind of sound," he said. "I just grabbed my computer and ran."
This person is a true hero...

[/quote]

And what a hero he is... *makes him new rolemodel*

Oh well, I'd do the same if I were him, and I'm not because I don't go to Yale...

Stoic · Post by **Stoic** » Thu May 22, 2003 2:22 pm

Yale isn't that good of a school anyway.