Terrorist purse-snatchers!

This morning, as I got out of the shower, look out the window, and there's a helicopter hovering just outside. Very close to the building, just hovering there for several minutes. Unfortunately, by the time I got dressed and found a replacement battery for the camera, it left, otherwise I'd have a great picture. I've never seen one so close when it wasn't on the ground before.

I finally got downstairs, and the street's blocked off. So, no bus for me today. I start walking, get about a block and the whole sidewalk's closed, too, with barricades and police officers not letting anyone through.

End up having to go a few blocks out of the way, and just walk down to the train station. (It's too damn hot to walk all the way to work these days :)

So, once I got a free moment at work, I went online to see if I could find out what was going on. Didn't have to go to the BBC this time, as I found this short article about it in the local news:

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