Thursday, July 05, 2007

Woman finds live World War II-era bomb

A woman walking her dog Wednesday found a live, World War II-era bomb on a Florida beach, which authorities later detonated.

No one was injured.

Jeannie Emack called local authorities, who determined the roughly 100-pound (45.4-kilogram) bomb was too old and unstable to move. Instead, they evacuated nearly two blocks of homes, while members of the sheriff's Explosive Ordinance Disposal team dug a hole in the sand and detonated the bomb...

--USA Today

No comments: