Men who found Spokane MLK parade bomb say they later lost jobs

[rsmith6621]

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Three cleanup workers who were hailed as heroes after finding a live bomb along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane said they later lost their jobs after supervisors questioned their handling of the situation.

The men were employed by Labor Ready and working under contract for the Spokane Public Facilities District when they found a backpack containing the bomb about an hour before the scheduled start of the Jan. 17 parade.

They alerted police, who were able to defuse the bomb.



http://www.komonews.com/news/local/117811678.html

[RKP5637]

1. Well sh**, I guess the moral of the story is next time just leave it there. n/t

[LiberalFighter]

6. Figure out if the boss is going to be an ass and then

if he is put the sack in his office.

Actually, not a good idea either.

[csziggy]

2. I love the series of headlines below this story

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:rofl:

[Skip_In_Boulder]

3. Let no good deed go unpunished. n/t

[madinmaryland]

4. Oh crap. I am flying into Spokane to spend a few weeks in the area

on a job.

[KT2000]

5. What exactly did they want

from these guys?
So, in order to keep your job they should have left it there to blow up?
Labor Ready needs to address this publicly.

[Fla_Democrat]

7. My guess would be

that if they see a suspicious package, to call the authorities......

"Who knows what happens when you see a backpack sitting there? The first reaction is to pick it up and that's what we did, and we opened it, saw wires sticking out of it and called police."

And if it had had a tremor switch, or a Whatzis trigger.... who exactly would get the blame for the three workers blowing themselves up? :shrug:



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