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kinch

Wash me
If I am not here tomorrow, please remember me every year on this day. The day that Kinch blew up on a subway on the way home from work.

"He was so young!" they will say, "he just got to his 1000 post! He had so much ahead of him!"

*sniff*

I will miss you all.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/n...89534,print.story?coll=ny-homepage-bigpix2005

Sources: Subway threat made

By Joshua Robin and Rocco Parascandola
STAFF WRITERS

October 6, 2005, 5:42 PM EDT

A "credible threat" to the subway system has prompted a vast mobilization of police officers, law enforcement sources said today.

Hundreds of officers were expected to be dispatched as early as this afternoon to every station in Manhattan -- and possibly system wide -- to thwart the attack, which was said to timed to the Jewish High Holidays and the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Scores of officers from various narcotics units are being called in to assist in patrolling the subways, beginning as early as this afternoon. Many were expected to convene first at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Police sources also said that cops were expected to be kept on 12-hour tours over the weekend.

Police could not yet identify the source of the threat, other than to call it "credible."

A law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of an official announcement, told the Associated Press that the threat is "specific to place, time and method," and that the method is bombing.

Rep. Peter King of New York confirmed the threat, saying "Obviously, this is a significant threat." King is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

The threat comes as the city emerges from two days of hightened alert during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana. Police officers patrolled outside of synagogues as thousands of congregants attended services.

MTA officials said they were unaware of the threat until alerted by a reporter. They were expected to return calls later this afternoon.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Copyright 2005 Newsday Inc.
 
MTA officials said they were unaware of the threat until alerted by a reporter. They were expected to return calls later this afternoon.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Copyright 2005 Newsday Inc.

Glad to see everyone is communicating with each other effectively after 9/11 :!
 
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