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were struck in 2001, and Bruno said injured. department's deputy commissioner
he was confident that the
departments are better at working
together now.
"I think we are at a totally different
He said the carts were developed
after the 2005 London bombings
because "it's very labor intensive to
carry someone out."
for counterterrorism, added, "It's an
important thing to be doing, and we
will learn a lot of lessons from it I have
no doubt."
place than we were at the time of that
incident, and that's good," he said.
Firefighters went into the PATH tunnel
to extinguish fires caused by the drill's
explosions and to rescue passengers.
There were 10 fake fatalities. Most of
the injured passengers were able to
walk out of the station, but about 20
were carried out on red stretchers.
Other drills staged since the 2001
terror attacks in New York City have
included a simulated response to a
hazardous chemical spill and an
explosion on an Amtrak train at Penn
Station.
"If we're going to make mistakes we
want to make them here, we want to
learn from them, we want to build
Officials bought television ads and
plastered train stations with posters to
warn downtown Manhattan residents
of the drill. The warnings for those in
the area came after a Department of
Defense-arranged flyover by a jet
above downtown Manhattan last
month panicked thousands of Wall
Street workers and residents.
Chief Joseph Pfeifer, head of
counterterrorism for the Fire
Department of New York, said
firefighters used lightweight
aluminum carts that fit onto train
them into our plans, so when there is
a real situation we respond
appropriately and all the kinks in the
system have been worked out," said
Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler.
Bruno said the flyover "pointed out
the need for people to know as much
as possible."
"We would not want folks to wake up
here and see all this equipment and
tracks to transport the most severely Richard Falkenrath, the police wonder," he said.
'Most Wanted' Fugitive Arrested
After 10-Year Search
One of the country's most wanted Eglen said she saw a second man in passengers, police said.
fugitives who had been missing for
10 years was arrested in southern
the vehicle. When she asked the
driver about the man, he told her that
When she asked if the passenger had
Indiana recently, thanks to a motor the man was just a friend who was any identification, Eglen said she was
carrier inspector's persistence. authorized to ride along with him, but told it had been stolen.
Michael Dwayne LeMasters, 44, who
was being sought on 64 criminal
the driver had no paperwork that
indicated his company authorized Police were called to verify the man's
counts ranging from incest and
identity. ISP said he purposefully
sexual abuse to felony assault, was transposed some digits in his Social
found riding in a tractor-trailer from
Florida.
Indiana State Police said Inspector
Security number, but they determined
that the man was LeMasters.
Mary Eglen was working at the
According to the "America's Most
northbound weigh scales on Wanted" Web site, LeMasters was
Interstate 65 in Seymour Wednesday
morning when she noticed
something peculiar.
being sought for numerous sex
crimes against girls that occurred
Eglen asked the driver of a tractorover
a 14-year period in Oregon and
trailer to pull into a back lot for a
California. He will be extradited to
routine check of his paperwork. Oregon.
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