OEM ‘Shelter In Place’ Cellphone Alert Causes Panic
Commissioner Blames Insufficient Character Count For Confusion Over Time Warner Center Suspicious Device Text
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — People who live and work near Time Warner Center were alerted on their cellphones to shelter in place not long after reports started surfacing Wednesday morning of an explosive device found in the CNN mailroom.
But very little else was said.
The alert was sent out more than an hour after Time Warner Center was evacuated and it was jarring to see because for those who weren’t watching the news had no idea why they were being told to do s
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