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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Pearl Harbor on Lockdown UPDATE: Fake Bomb Threat Called In
2021-06-09


Followed two hours later by:


Hopefully today the reason for the lockdown will be revealed. While we wait, we can rejoice that it was not a major attack.
Update from the Star Advertiser at 7:30 a.m. ET
Two phoned-in bomb threats claiming an bomb was on the destroyer USS William P. Lawrence in the shipyard’s Dry Dock 4 led to a lengthy Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam lockdown today, bottling up thousands who were told to shelter in place and avoid windows in the event of flying glass, officials said.

Personnel working in Dry Dock 4, where work on surface ships is conducted mainly by contractors, were evacuated to Dry Dock 1 during the lockdown, officials said.

Bomb-sniffing dogs could be seen working along the waterfront. No bomb was found, the joint base said. Motorists who were not able to leave the joint base due to the lockdown vented their frustration on social media.

At 9:39 a.m., entrances to the joint base were secured and the shelter-in-place order was given for what the base referred to as a "security incident."

The Hickam side of the base ended its shelter order first, followed by an "all clear" that cancelled the security watch at about 1:30 p.m.

A "person of interest" was sought out, questioned, and found to have no involvement, an official said.
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