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2016-10-30 Home Front: WoT

New York’s Met Opera evacuates over sprinkled substance

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Posted by trailing wife 2016-10-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Did the drummer dive for the powder?

Posted by Skidmark 2016-10-30 00:44|| 2016-10-30 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Found this blurb on the NYT front website page:

Powder at Met Opera May Have Been Human Ashes

By MICHAEL COOPER and CHRISTOPHER MELE 10:35 PM ET

The Metropolitan Opera canceled a show before the final act after a man sprinkled a powdery substance into the orchestra pit. The police said it may have been the ashes of the man’s mentor.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-10-30 01:33|| 2016-10-30 01:33|| Front Page Top

#3 seven police vehicles rushed to the scene with a stretcher briefly taken into the hall as a precaution

He's already dead, Jim.

Posted by gorb 2016-10-30 03:16|| 2016-10-30 03:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Coffee can and a whisk broom would have been easier.

Posted by Shipman 2016-10-30 05:49|| 2016-10-30 05:49|| Front Page Top

Could it be an inadvertent Gewa's 451-170 spill? I dunno :(