Acura press kit causes bomb threat near Automobile magazine offices
05-14-11, 01:09 PM
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Acura press kit causes bomb threat near Automobile magazine offices
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/13/a...mobile-magazi/
Thanks to one very suspicious-looking press kit from Acura, the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan had a bit of a bomb scare on its hands this afternoon. The Japanese automaker sent a special-edition package to our friends at Automobile magazine in conjunction with the release of Thor. That kit happened to find its way into a recycling bin outside of the publication's Michigan office. A stand-up citizen reported what they thought was a bomb, which resulted in the evacuation of parts of downtown.
A helicopter was reportedly called in to provide an eye in the sky for a few hours as well.
We can't blame the authorities for taking action. The Automobile offices are situated directly across the street from a Federal building, and with the ne'er-do-wells of the world plotting revenge for the termination of the nefarious Osama bin Laden, a little caution is more than warranted.
As of the time of writing, everything had returned to normal around the Automobile enclave.
Thanks to one very suspicious-looking press kit from Acura, the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan had a bit of a bomb scare on its hands this afternoon. The Japanese automaker sent a special-edition package to our friends at Automobile magazine in conjunction with the release of Thor. That kit happened to find its way into a recycling bin outside of the publication's Michigan office. A stand-up citizen reported what they thought was a bomb, which resulted in the evacuation of parts of downtown.
A helicopter was reportedly called in to provide an eye in the sky for a few hours as well.
We can't blame the authorities for taking action. The Automobile offices are situated directly across the street from a Federal building, and with the ne'er-do-wells of the world plotting revenge for the termination of the nefarious Osama bin Laden, a little caution is more than warranted.
As of the time of writing, everything had returned to normal around the Automobile enclave.
05-14-11, 01:58 PM
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Osama-Ben-Laden's death, of course, has a lot of people in security and law-enforcement, and even ordinary citizens, nervous and on edge, looking for any possible signs of retaliation from Al-Qaeda or the Taliban. But I don't think that many (if any) of the terrorists in those groups work for Acura. LOL 
Last edited by mmarshall; 05-14-11 at 02:03 PM.
05-14-11, 04:23 PM
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Thankfully no bomb, but Acura has been delivering a lot of duds lately (with beaks).
I've seen and heard useless Acura marketing blather, so it's no wonder the press kit went straight into trash/recycle bin.
I've seen and heard useless Acura marketing blather, so it's no wonder the press kit went straight into trash/recycle bin.
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