{"41454":{"#nid":"41454","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Campus Safe After Bomb Scare","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Police and the Atlanta Police Department disposed of three explosive devices found on the Georgia Tech campus this morning.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAround 8:45am during routine grounds cleaning, a facilities worker picked up an item believed to be trash in the courtyard between the Glenn and Cloudman residence halls on the southeast side of campus and it exploded.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECampus Police were immediately notified, and the two residence halls were evacuated as a safety precaution.  Approximately 100 students were evacuated from the two residence halls. Many students were already in class at the time of the event.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo similar devices were found in the same area and the Atlanta Police and Fire Departments were called in to assess and contain the situation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Police Department bomb squad detonated the remaining two devices shortly before noon and students were allowed to re-enter the residence halls. The facility worker was taken to a clinic for evaluation and released.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Campus Police are investigating the incident with the Atlanta Police Department and are asking for anyone with information on the incident to contact them at 404-894-2500 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:crimetips@police.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecrimetips@police.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Three explosive devices found on the southeast side of campus"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Police and the Atlanta Police Department disposed of three explosive devices found on the Georgia Tech campus this morning.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Explosive devices found on southeast side of campus"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2005-10-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3097","name":"Bomb Scare"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}