3 men who discovered bomb say they later lost jobs

Source: Associated Press

Last updated March 11, 2011 9:08 a.m. PT
3 men who discovered bomb say they later lost jobs
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Three workers who found a live bomb along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane and were hailed as heroes say they later lost their jobs.

The three were employed by Labor Ready and working under contract for the Spokane Public Facilities District when they found a backpack containing the bomb about an hour before the parade was to start Jan. 17. They alerted police, who were able to defuse the bomb.

The three, whose identities had been withheld until Thursday for their safety, said they were criticized for not handling the situation properly and later lost their jobs.

The head of the Spokane Public Facilities District told The Spokesman-Review there was concern that the men handled the bomb too much before calling authorities.

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They handled it too much? I think there's more to this story than what we're seeing here. It doesn't appear that they did anything except the RIGHT thing. Someone might have wanted that bomb to explode for political/propaganda reasons.

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WTF?

I have a feeling it was as simple as bureaucratic no-think.

goes unpunished.

That would've provided a healthy factor of FEAR that the establishment could have made good use of. Damned meddling flunkies!

Screaming "ITS A BOMB!!" is not a good idea.

I call bullshit.

working for Labor Ready is like being on a chain gang. Really shitty work for the lowest pay possible. I don't think this is like a 9/11 conspiracy or anything.