New York: American broadcast network, CNN’s New York offices and studio were evacuated on Thursday f
New York: American broadcast network, CNN’s New York offices and studio were evacuated on Thursday following a bomb threat.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) swiftly responded to the threat and launched an investigation, subsequently issuing an all-clear message after completion of the checks.
CNN Communications official Twitter account shared the details of the bomb threat on Thursday night and wrote, “There has been a bomb threat phone into the CNN offices in New York. Employees have been evacuated and the NYPD is investigating.”
The evacuation also caused an interruption in the live broadcast of the channel and caused a frenzy of reactions on social media after, CNN Anchor Don Lemon took to the micro-blogging website and wrote, “We were evacuated in the middle of my live show. Bomb threat. We’re running taped programming.
