Congressman: Avoid Times Square (Dupe)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

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A member of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security and chairman of a terrorism subcommittee, the Connecticut Republican told WVIT-TV on Tuesday that he wouldn't go to Times Square "for anything."

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said nobody should stay home because of the nation's heightened terror alert, and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said the nation's security was unprecedented.

But Shays said it is irresponsible for officials to make people think they don't need to take precautions, like avoiding packed crowds in New York City.

"Secretary Ridge says just do what you normally do," Shays said. "I would say, what do you normally do? If normally you go to Times Square, I wouldn't do what you normally do." Shays added, "I wouldn't go into places when you're packed and where if there was panic, a lot of injuries would take place."
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More: http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/31/shays.times.ap/

On edit: This is a dupe (same story different headline). Please continue here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=292291

[bluedeminredstate]

1. It's about time

someone said it. If these alerts are real then it is irresponsible to encourage nearly a million people to congregate in Times Square. Of course if a Democrat had said it he or she would be an anti-American kook.

[hippiechick]

2. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=292291


:hippie:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. Thanks, Hippiechick....

I missed that, same AP story but a different headline.