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Live flame thrower on French Quarter balcony a cause for alarm
Granted that there's a lot of crime, this is a significant escalation in self-defense capabilities.[WWLtv] NEW ORLEANS — [Random citizen] had just gone back inside from watching Krewe du Vieux when he says he saw the bright light from a flame thrower out his back window. You can see by the singed leaves of a fern hanging from the balcony where the flames touched just how close they got to a catastrophic accident. And judging by Mayor Cantrell’s reaction when we told her what happened, this is something the city will be taking seriously. Save it to repel attempted car jackings, will ya? "Get out of the car or I'm going to..." WHOOOSH "That’s the last place they need to do that," said Mayor Cantrell. At the time of Monday’s Mardi Gras safety meeting neither she nor NOFD Fire Chief Roman Nelson knew anything about what happened. He too acknowledged the dangers, "Definitely on a balcony in the quarter is just not a good idea and probably illegal I would think," said Chief Nelson. Related: NEW ORLEANS: 2020-02-20 Retired Lt. Gen. Charles Pitman Sr., whose heroics helped stop 1973 New Orleans sniper attack, dies at 84 NEW ORLEANS: 2019-04-15 Coast Guard rescues 23 people escaping Castro's communist utopia NEW ORLEANS: 2014-02-13 New Orleans' Ray Nagin Guilty on Corruption Charges Posted by: Matt 2022-02-16 |
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