Pipe bomb at DT Disney?

[Laxmom]

Just heard a blurb on the news but they didn't have much in the way of details other than to say it has been confirmed.

Anyone in the Orlando area have any more info?

 

[annakris1973]

DH just heard this on the local news radio station. I can't find any info on Fox, Cnn, Msnbc, or the Orlando Sentinel webpage. If anyone has any info please let me know!

 

[mmiller711]

I heard a blurb about a possible bomb outside Walt Disney World on Fox news and then nothing more. Was coming here to get an update.

 

[Tishke]

The local newsite has a blurb posted here: http://www.local6.com/news/13605034/detail.html

It looks like it is still developing.

 

[Laxmom]

Thanks for the link, Tishke. Glad no one was injured! Anyone think this could be retaliatory for the crack down? Just curious.

 

[FinallyBoughtDVC]

Thanks for the link, Tishke. Glad no one was injured! Anyone think this could be retaliatory for the crack down? Just curious.

That was my first thought.

Here on Long Island, our main newspaper has it as the top story on their online site: www.newsday.com

Talk about making a minor incident into a drama...

 

[YoHo]

Yes, DTD has plenty of security forces and is perfectly safe. Nothing to see here.

 

[BuffettFan]

I can't find it on my local news sites here in Georgia, but I did just hear a blurb about it....on Court TV of all channels ! The media loves a sensational headline....and what's more sensational right before Independence Day than a bomb at Disney World. The details are irrelevant, they just want the headline. More than likely it was just some stupid kids !

 

[thefirebuilds]

Pipe bombs in trash cans need to be taken very seriously, regardless of where it occurs. I hope this becomes a big story.

 

[crazy4wdw]

From the Orlando Sentinel:

Walter Pacheco and April Hunt | Orlando Sentinel Staff Writers
July 2, 2007

Orange County deputies found a "low-level crude device" resembling a pipe bomb in a trash can at a Downtown Disney parking lot early today.

"Our investigators found end caps, which usually indicate a pipe-bomb-like device," said Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary at a news conference this morning. "We believe this was not designed to cause significant property damage or injuries."

In an earlier version of this story, Sheriff Beary incorrectly reported that the homemade device blew the doors off a dumpster in the popular tourist spot at Walt Disney World. No doors were blown off and the receptacle was a trash can, said Orange County spokesman Capt. Mark Strobridge.

"Once we saw things unfolding in the U.K. and Glasgow, and the fact that it's July 4th, we increased security," said Beary.

He added that "this is not connected to any sophisticated [terrorist] plot, either domestically or internationally."

A Disney security officer on bike patrol called deputies at about 12:30 a.m. he heard a noise and saw white smoke coming from a garbage can in a back lot at of Downtown Disney, said Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty.

The garbage can is in the far lot behind the Cirque du Soleil theater, going toward the golf course at the Saratoga Springs Resort, Prunty said. There are no attractions or shops in that area.

When deputies arrived, they secured the area and later reported no damage or injuries.

"The only damage was to the garbage can," Prunty said.

Downtown Disney is a popular spot frequented by tourists and locals for its shopping and entertainment, but last week, some of its security policies came under fire.

Walt Disney World ejected four of Florida State University's top football prospects - including the son of a Disney manager and the son of a Philadelphia civil-rights lawyer - from Downtown Disney under its anti-gang, no-loitering policy and banned them from entering the theme parks for life.

After Disney officials were questioned about security and the use of racial profiling to target and drive out minority youth, they decided to revise the trespass warnings so that the four are banned only from Downtown Disney for one year.

 

[mitros]

Yes, DTD has plenty of security forces and is perfectly safe. Nothing to see here.

I guess if a person was walking past that trash can at the time of the explosion that would have given people something to "see here". The point is that it was done, and the consequences could have horrific but for the fact that no one was near by at that moment of the explosion........