Steelers evacuate in bomb threat
From Wire Reports
Originally published March 2, 2006
Members of the Pittsburgh Steelers were evacuated from a movie theater last night after a bomb threat interrupted a private screening of a new DVD of last month's Super Bowl victory, police in Homestead, Pa., said.
Authorities evacuated the Loews Cineplex at The Waterfront in Homestead after the threat was received from an anonymous caller to 911, Homestead police chief Chris Deasy said.
"It said there was a bomb that was going to go off at a Loews theater," Deasy said.
The caller had a male voice and made no reference to the Steelers, Deasy added.
Minutes after the call at 8:03 p.m, police escorted the players out of the theater and spent about an hour-and-a-half searching the premises using at least one bomb-sniffing dog. They found no evidence of a bomb.
An estimated 1,000 moviegoers were also told to leave the cineplex.
The players included Ben Roethlisberger, Antwaan Randle El, Jerome Bettis and Hines Ward. Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris also attended the event. Steelers spokesman Dave Lockett said they all went home after the evacuation.
