Harmless bag forces evacuation

March 6, 2003
Source: NY Newsday
Original story - link verified on March 6, 2003

New York City Police blew the bag open with a water cannon at 11 p.m. and found a man’s belongings, matching the description he had given them. The contents were harmless. A few hours earlier, a loaded handgun was found in a garbage can outside the midtown Manhattan hotel. On Friday, chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix will report on Iraq’s measure of cooperation in eliminating its banned weapons.

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