Evacuation: Bomb Threat
Editorials, Features, Tech News — February 7, 2013 at 9:01 pmIn all my years in Brooklyn Technical High School, I have not heard of such dramatic threats to the school as I have heard of recently. On January 30, 2013, someone reported to the police that there was a bomb at Fort Greene at 4:35 p.m. The entire school had to be evacuated. People on school teams had to go home in their uniforms and without their possessions. All after-school activities were closed.
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Evacuation: Bomb Threat
In all my years in Brooklyn Technical High School, I have not heard of such dramatic threats to the school as I have heard of recently. On January 30, 2013, someone reported to the...
Feb 7, 2013
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Evacuation: Bomb Threat
In all my years in Brooklyn Technical High School, I have not heard of such dramatic threats to the school as I have heard of recently. On January 30, 2013, someone reported to the...
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Evacuation: Bomb Threat
In all my years in Brooklyn Technical High School, I have not heard of such dramatic threats to the school as I have heard of recently. On January 30, 2013, someone reported to the police that there was a bomb at Fort Greene at 4:35 p.m. The entire school had to be evacuated. People on school teams...
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