Harvard Exams Interrupted by Bomb Threat

Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Harvard University students were gearing up for exams when students received a university alert that a bomb threat had been received. Students were instructed to immediately evacuate four university buildings: Emerson Hall, Thayer Hall and Sever Hall, as well as the Science Center.

 Harvard University Police Department received an email tip that bombs had been placed in those four buildings. The Harvard Police contacted the Cambridge Police Department and state and local explosives experts were called in. Exams were cancelled, police and bomb squads arrived on campus, exams in those buildings were cancelled and the famous Harvard Yard was closed down. 

By 11:00, three of the buildings had been combed and no explosives were found. Afternoon exams resumed in the affected buildings other than in the Science Center, which was the last building searched. Within six hours of the initial email alert, all four buildings had been combed and declared explosives-free. Cancelled exams were already being rescheduled, and life returned to normal (for exam week) at Harvard.

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Lori Lowenthal Marcus Published: December 16th, 2013 print tell a friend At 9:02 Monday morning, Dec. 16, Harvard University students were gearing up for exams when students received a university alert that a bomb threat had been received. Students were instructed to immediately evacuate four university buildings: Emerson Hall, Thayer Hall and Sever Hall, as well as the Science Center. Harvard University Police Department received an email tip that bombs had been placed in those four buildings. The Harvard Police contacted the Cambridge Police Department and state and local explosives experts were called in. Exams were cancelled, police and bomb squads arrived on campus, exams in those buildings were cancelled and the famous Harvard Yard was closed down. By 11:00, three of the buildings had been combed and no explosives were found. Afternoon exams resumed in the affected buildings other than in the Science Center, which was the last building searched. Within six hours of the initial email alert, all four buildings had been combed and declared explosives-free. Cancelled exams were already being rescheduled, and life returned to normal (for exam week) at Harvard.

Read more at: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/harvard-exams-interrupted-by-bomb-threat/2013/12/16/