What's Radioactive on the Bus?

2008_08_radia.jpgWe received an alert saying an MTA bus set off a radiation detector on lower Broadway, in the Financial District. The bus and its passengers were held outside 25 Broadway for further inspection. What could it be, besides potential for the worst commute ever? Well, the request for emergency services was canceled when it was discovered one of the passengers had an implanted pacemaker--some pacemakers do use radioactive material. Phew!

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By Jen Chung in on August 6, 2008 4:58 PM 1 Comment 0 Likes Likes

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[1] | cucarachita

Um, phew? There's radioactive people walking around? That's not reassuring!

Reply | August 6, 2008 10:54 PM
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