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Although bombings or threats of bombings had kind of increased across the city throughout the first half of the 20th century, just with like advancement of people knowing how to make these things. Yeah. Those matters were handled by the bomb and forgery squad, obviously. There's like a specialized thing.
So it's like when you have a group that's specially trained to do this stuff, the regular patrol officers are like, I don't really know what to do with this bomb. Yeah, call in the special guys.
So it's like when you have a group that's specially trained to do this stuff, the regular patrol officers are like, I don't really know what to do with this bomb. Yeah, call in the special guys.
Yeah, so when they were called in, they had to report this explosive device to that specialized squad, and they had to wait hours for the bomb and forgery squad to arrive, which I'm like, I feel like that squad should be a bit more prompt. Yeah. That's the thing. That's how I feel. I feel like they should be maybe those like... You got to have one foot out the door at all times kind of squad.
Yeah, so when they were called in, they had to report this explosive device to that specialized squad, and they had to wait hours for the bomb and forgery squad to arrive, which I'm like, I feel like that squad should be a bit more prompt. Yeah. That's the thing. That's how I feel. I feel like they should be maybe those like... You got to have one foot out the door at all times kind of squad.
I feel like timeliness is next to godliness in that scenario. When it comes to bombs, I'd say so. When it comes to bombs. You don't know when that's going to go off. You don't.
I feel like timeliness is next to godliness in that scenario. When it comes to bombs, I'd say so. When it comes to bombs. You don't know when that's going to go off. You don't.
Yeah, so waiting hours feels...
Yeah, so waiting hours feels...
So when they did finally arrive at the Con Ed building, the lead detective on the bomb squad confirmed that what they found was indeed a, quote, infernal machine, which was a homemade explosive device, quote, maliciously designed to explode and destroy life or property. But it still hadn't gone off yet. It still hadn't gone off.
So when they did finally arrive at the Con Ed building, the lead detective on the bomb squad confirmed that what they found was indeed a, quote, infernal machine, which was a homemade explosive device, quote, maliciously designed to explode and destroy life or property. But it still hadn't gone off yet. It still hadn't gone off.
Now, unlike more sophisticated devices that use electronic components, a bomb that you're probably thinking in your head right now. Like the ticking bomb. With the wires and shit. The Infernal Machine, which is one of the scariest names for something. Great band name. I literally was just going to say, there has to be.
Now, unlike more sophisticated devices that use electronic components, a bomb that you're probably thinking in your head right now. Like the ticking bomb. With the wires and shit. The Infernal Machine, which is one of the scariest names for something. Great band name. I literally was just going to say, there has to be.
Infernal Machine has to be a band name. Yeah. It is a very crude, very volatile explosive that could be triggered by a number of things. Like this is not an electronic explosive, so it's not like somebody's just waiting or they, you know, set it to go off at a certain point. It's like it gets triggered by random things. It's a band. I knew it had to be. Yeah, it's a band.
Infernal Machine has to be a band name. Yeah. It is a very crude, very volatile explosive that could be triggered by a number of things. Like this is not an electronic explosive, so it's not like somebody's just waiting or they, you know, set it to go off at a certain point. It's like it gets triggered by random things. It's a band. I knew it had to be. Yeah, it's a band.
Good on you for making that because that's a great band name.
Good on you for making that because that's a great band name.
Also, the pipe bomb couldn't be deactivated in like a traditional sense, like a regular bomb. But instead, it had to be just detonated in a controlled setting. Like they just had to explode the bomb in a controlled area. Yeah. The fuck? Because in, like, a regular bomb, there's a way to detonate it or to, like, deactivate it with, like, electronically and shit. Yeah, yeah.
Also, the pipe bomb couldn't be deactivated in like a traditional sense, like a regular bomb. But instead, it had to be just detonated in a controlled setting. Like they just had to explode the bomb in a controlled area. Yeah. The fuck? Because in, like, a regular bomb, there's a way to detonate it or to, like, deactivate it with, like, electronically and shit. Yeah, yeah.
This one's just, like, a very crude fucking infernal machine. So where do you go? So... I don't really know. I think they have to, they go to like clearings to do these things. Sometimes it still has to be done. Like they have to find places to do these things. So they really have to go to like places obviously where there's absolutely no chance that somebody could be hurt by this.