Total Containment Vessel NYPD Bomb Squad broke out to haul pipe bomb

NYPD Bomb Squad’s secret weapon: How little-known Total Containment Vessel was used to haul away CNN pipe bomb (and it’s much more impressive than it looks)

  • The NYPD Bomb Squad broke out its Total Containment Vessel Wednesday to safely haul an explosive device
  • The sphere-shaped vessel was secured on the back of a truck before being transported from the Time Warner Center to a Rodman’s Neck facility
  • NYPD has a total of three total containment vessels, which are designed to resist an explosion
  • CNN evacuated its New York bureau after the pipe bomb together with an envelope containing white powder was found in the mail room of the Time Warner Center
  • The packaging was addressed care of CNN to former CIA director John Brennan, who doesn’t work for the network but is an MSNBC contributor 
  • The pipe bomb mailing was just one of several that were sent to high-profile Democrats this week 

The NYPD Bomb Squad broke out its Total Containment Vessel Wednesday to safely haul the explosive device from the Time Warner Center.

The sphere-shaped vessel was secured on the back of a department truck before the pipe bomb was transported to a shooting range at Rodman’s Neck for further investigation.

The New York Post reports that the vessel is designed to resist an explosion. The department currently has a total of three containment vessels, which are rarely seen.

Mark Torre, commanding officer of the NYPD bomb squad, told The New York Times about the vessel a previous statement: ‘Instead of keeping the pressure out and keeping you alive in five fathoms of water, it keeps the pressure in.’ 

The pipe bombs anonymously sent to the addresses of prominent Democrats across the United States this week each had matching characteristics, law enforcement officials revealed Wednesday evening.

The crude devices were contrived of PVC tubing attached to a digital clock, available for purchase on Amazon. They included sulfur as explosives and shards of glass as shrapnel.

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    A bomb disposal truck leaves a loading dock at the time Warner center where an explosive device was found at the CNN offices in New York, New York on October 24, 2018

    The pipe bomb found at CNN was safely taken away in an NYPD emergency vehicle on Wednesday to be examined by the FBI

    The sphere-shaped vessel was secured on the back of a department truck before the pipe bomb was transported to a shooting range at Rodman’s Neck for further investigation

    CNN evacuated its New York bureau after the pipe bomb together with an envelope containing white powder was found in the mail room of the Time Warner Center where their bureau is located.

    The packaging was addressed care of CNN to former CIA director John Brennan, who doesn’t work for the network but is an MSNBC contributor. An evacuation alarm went off as CNN anchors were live on air reporting on the packages sent to Obama and Clinton.

    The bomb was constructed with a metal pipe, wires and black tape, according to police. The device found at CNN was removed by the NYPD bomb squad and taken away for investigation. 

    Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that security would be doubled in the wake of the mailing incidents. The National Guard has also been deployed ‘out of an abundance of caution.’ 

    Officials suspect a serial bomber likely with an intent to kill is behind the rash of homemade explosives sent in the mail this week.

    New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told a news conference that it was an ‘act of terror’. He is pictured above with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (right) and New York Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill (left)

    The crude devices were contrived with PVC tubing attached to a digital clock and included sulfur as explosives and shards of glass as shrapnel. An x-ray of the explosive device recovered at Time Warner Center in NYC is pictured

    The digital clock is circled above. Multiple suspected explosive devices were found in the mail addressed to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and CNN’s New York newsroom on Wednesday. Pictured is the pipe bomb sent to CNN’s newsroom

    Secret Service agents revealed earlier Wednesday they had intercepted two explosives en route to former President Obama’s Washington D.C. home and Hillary and Bill Clinton’s property in Chappaqua, New York.

    A short time later, a police bomb squad was sent to CNN’s offices in New York City and the newsroom was evacuated because of a pipe bomb found in an envelope addressed to former CIA director John Brennan. 

    The three devices targeting Obama, the Clintons and CNN were similar to the small pipe bomb found at liberal billionaire donor George Soros’ New York home on Monday and appear to have been sent by the same person, NYPD’s chief of counterterrorism said. 

    The FBI said the packages were mailed in manilla envelopes with bubble wrap interior. The packages were affixed with computer-printed address labels and six stamps bearing the Stars and Stripes. All packages had the return address of former DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida.

    The explosive device intended for Holder was returned to her Florida office – also sparking an evacuation there on Wednesday afternoon.

    All of those targeted are among Trump’s biggest political enemies and have been subjected to his ire on Twitter.  

    A police bomb squad was sent to CNN’s offices (above) in New York City and the newsroom was evacuated because of a suspicious package

    Members of the public and media are pictured outside the Time Warner Center in the Manhattan borough of New York City after a suspicious package was found inside the CNN Headquarters in New York on October 24, 2018

    An evacuation alarm went off as CNN anchors were live on air reporting on the packages sent to Obama and Clinton

    A member of the New York Police Department bomb squad is pictured outside the Time Warner Center in the Manahattan after a suspicious package was sent to CNN

    New York police block off a street after they were called to a suspicious package sent to the Time Warner building where CNN’s newsroom is located

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