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| Nashville journalist warns of attack on city's sewage supply |
| 2001-10-29 |
The Nashville Scene reports on an investigative journalist who doesn't know water from (ahem) Shinola: After warning that terrorist saboteurs might try to poison Metro water with "anthrax" or "smallpox," WTVF-Channel 5 reporter Rob Manning thought he'd show viewers how easily that could happen by dramatically crawling under a wire fence just "a few hundred yards" from the city's "water supply." While the camera focused ominously on some large, nearby water tanks, Manning reported from inside the fence, "It's not too hard to crawl underneath. . . . It took me less than 20 seconds." . . . If only the terrorists were that dumb. Instead of cracking security at one of Metro's water collection facilities, located several miles away, Manning had only managed to break into the sewage treatment plant. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |