Metro's Response To Alert Delayed -
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Published on: 7/23/2005
Last Visited: 7/23/2005
"It was an inadequate response, to say the least," said Elaine Donnelly of Hyattsville, a passenger on the train who works as a librarian at National Geographic.
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Donnelly, who was sitting in a middle car, said passengers clearly were alarmed.
"This woman came in frantically and said, 'Call the operator on the intercom -- there's a suspicious package in the last car,' " she said.
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When the train pulled into McPherson Square, Donnelly got off and saw transit officials empty it and pull it from service.
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Shaken by yesterday's incident aboard the Blue Line train, Donnelly sent an e-mail complaint to Metro.She received an automated reply, thanking her for her e-mail.
The reply also reminded her to report anything suspicious on the Metro system.
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