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09-19-2016, 08:11 PM
Did the terror suspect NYC emergency alert fail the clarity test?
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The buzz in my pocket and tone ringing though our packed railroad car startled me from a light sleep. Everyone’s phone was making the same **ise.
I knew, instinctively, that it was an emergency alert and, for a split second, I imagined the worst. After all, it arrived less than 48 hours after a pair of bombings in the New York City area, one in the heart of Manhattan (http://mashable.com/2016/09/18/video-of-nyc-chelsea-explosion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) that had injured 29.
I pulled my iPhone from my pocket and saw this.
“EMERGENCY ALERT
WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28-yr-old-male. See media for pic. Call 9-1-1 if seen.”
If commuters weren't already on edge today, this alert which just rang through the entire train got us therepic.twitter.com/RHAvTw0mlh (https://t.co/RHAvTw0mlh)
— Lance Ula**ff (@LanceUla**ff) September 19, 2016 (https://twitter.com/LanceUla**ff/status/777839295755321345) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/chelsea-bombing-suspect-alert-op-ed/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The buzz in my pocket and tone ringing though our packed railroad car startled me from a light sleep. Everyone’s phone was making the same **ise.
I knew, instinctively, that it was an emergency alert and, for a split second, I imagined the worst. After all, it arrived less than 48 hours after a pair of bombings in the New York City area, one in the heart of Manhattan (http://mashable.com/2016/09/18/video-of-nyc-chelsea-explosion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) that had injured 29.
I pulled my iPhone from my pocket and saw this.
“EMERGENCY ALERT
WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28-yr-old-male. See media for pic. Call 9-1-1 if seen.”
If commuters weren't already on edge today, this alert which just rang through the entire train got us therepic.twitter.com/RHAvTw0mlh (https://t.co/RHAvTw0mlh)
— Lance Ula**ff (@LanceUla**ff) September 19, 2016 (https://twitter.com/LanceUla**ff/status/777839295755321345) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/chelsea-bombing-suspect-alert-op-ed/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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