Grand Central Station was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a person spotted what they believed to be a suspicious package, police said.
The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. on March 28 and saw MTA officers rush commuters out of the iconic station after police believed a series of Molotov cocktails had been discovered near an information desk. Midtown soon became flooded with firefighters, EMS, NYPD ESU, and hazmat units.
MTA Communications Director Tim Minton issued a statement on the emergency situation, stating that the evacuation was only out of cautionary measures. “Suspicious objects were discovered at Grand Central Terminal at 2:06 p.m., resulting in an evacuation of the terminal concourse out of an abundance of caution while the MTAPD, NYPD and FDNY investigated and removed the objects. At no time was Metro-North or Long Island Rail Road service impacted and at 3:08 p.m. the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit cleared the suspicious items as non-hazardous.
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