JoeyRamone 0 #1 July 26, 2004 BOSTON -- State police are still investigating reports that parachutists landed near the FleetCenter Sunday night, but there is little information about what may have been only a security drill. The FleetCenter is the site of the Democratic National Convention, which begins Monday night. NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that military police called in reports just after midnight that two parachutists had landed in the yard of the Charles River Park condominium complex. Additional reports indicated there were also parachutists on the top of the Tip O'Neill Federal Building located next door to the FleetCenter. Before police helicopters arrived, officers on the ground covered the area, sending officers to the roofs of the buildings. SWAT teams went to the top of the federal building. All available state and local officers responded, some with K9 units. Nothing was found and state police said no one was arrested. Sunday was a busy day for officers patroling the city, harbor and skies around the FleetCenter. On city roads, unscheduled stops were the norm for many truck drivers trying to get through the city's roads and tunnels. On the city's mass transit system, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority was also conducting random searches of commuters, who were advised to travel lightly. During demonstrations on Beacon Hill Sunday, state police officers were wearing full riot gear, ready for combat. Armed, camouflage-wearing soldiers are patroling the old elevated railway near the FleetCenter in groups of threes, and bike-riding Boston police officers were blanketing the parks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #2 July 26, 2004 Sounds like some BASE jumpers set the bells and whistles off. Whoever they are, they've got a basass ground crew and a nice getaway. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 July 26, 2004 So, let's say it was a BASE crew . . . How f'in' awesome/stupid would that be? Awesome if you pulled it off. INCREDIBLY f'in' stupid if you got caught.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #4 July 26, 2004 QuoteAwesome if you pulled it off. INCREDIBLY f'in' stupid if you got caught. And since the former is the case........... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyRamone 0 #5 July 26, 2004 Looks like the had a great crew. That takes some serious stones..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
