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New York’s Met Opera evacuates over sprinkled substance | |
2016-10-30 | |
NEW YORK ‐ New York’s Metropolitan Opera was evacuated mid-performance on Saturday after an audience member sprinkled a mysterious powder onto the orchestra. The leading US opera company was in the intermission of a matinee of "Guillaume Tell" when the suspect approached the orchestra pit and dropped the substance, the Met said. The Met informed patrons that the performance was finished as New York anti-terrorism police headed into the ornate hall in Lincoln Center. No arrests were immediately made and there were no reports of injuries. The nature of the powder, reported on social media to be white in color, was not clear. An audience member, Dylan Hayden, posted pictures of emergency personnel on Twitter and said that seven police vehicles rushed to the scene with a stretcher briefly taken into the hall as a precaution. The Met said it had also canceled the evening performance of "L’Italiana in Algeri" while authorities investigate. New York’s prominent institutions are constantly on guard for potential threats in light of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the city and more recently a bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood. Lincoln Center systematically checks audience members for weapons or other dangerous items. | |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#10 What was that comedy where criminals stole the urn of ashes and snorted them thinking they were drugs? |
Posted by: Glenmore 2016-10-30 17:33 |
#9 Nothing to see here, just a little blow. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-30 17:17 |
#8 What? They cancelled Oprah? |
Posted by: Shipman 2016-10-30 12:06 |
#7 Did the fat lady sing? |
Posted by: John Frum 2016-10-30 09:47 |
#6 Our Liberal Elites™ will finally get serious: "They cancelled the Opera!" |
Posted by: Frank G 2016-10-30 09:38 |
#5 Could it be an inadvertent Gewa's 451-170 spill? I dunno :( |
Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-30 06:11 |
#4 Coffee can and a whisk broom would have been easier. |
Posted by: Shipman 2016-10-30 05:49 |
#3 seven police vehicles rushed to the scene with a stretcher briefly taken into the hall as a precaution He's already dead, Jim. |
Posted by: gorb 2016-10-30 03:16 |
#2 Found this blurb on the NYT front website page: Powder at Met Opera May Have Been Human Ashes By MICHAEL COOPER and CHRISTOPHER MELE 10:35 PM ET The Metropolitan Opera canceled a show before the final act after a man sprinkled a powdery substance into the orchestra pit. The police said it may have been the ashes of the man’s mentor. |
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-10-30 01:33 |
#1 Did the drummer dive for the powder? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2016-10-30 00:44 |