Because everything wasn’t already terrible enough, Arlington National Cemetery is currently dealing with a bomb threat:
Arlington National Cemetery officials and @JBMHH emergency services are currently responding to a #BombThreat to the cemetery.
All families, visitors and employees have been evacuated safely from all public buildings and work areas while the threat is being investigated. pic.twitter.com/x4Q2RRKA33
— Arlington National Cemetery (@ArlingtonNatl) August 22, 2018
We will update the public as soon as we have additional information.
— Arlington National Cemetery (@ArlingtonNatl) August 22, 2018
UPDATE: As of 12 p.m., we are closed to the public the rest of the day. We will conduct all funerals as scheduled.
We will continue to post updates on our website and social media platforms. https://t.co/gU5XSGeXVg
— Arlington National Cemetery (@ArlingtonNatl) August 22, 2018
Good Lord.
This is just awful! Such a sacred place and this happens? ?
— Diane A (@tahoequeen21) August 22, 2018
Terrible. What kind of person would threaten Arlington National Cemetery?
A bomb threat was made to @ArlingtonNatl Cemetery which has now forced them to close to the public. Only the most unbelievably rotten human being would do something like this. https://t.co/379F4DE91g
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 22, 2018
This is one of the most sacred places in all of the DC area to pay your respects to fallen military members. You have to be a depraved human being to disrupt this place. https://t.co/wypPK2eJeE
— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) August 22, 2018
Hopefully the guilty party will be found … and dealt with accordingly.
Find the person who made this threat, hang them from the Arlington Memorial Bridge and leave their body to rot. https://t.co/OiWX9ouPLJ
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) August 22, 2018
Sounds fair to us.
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Update:
A public affairs official at Arlington said the threat was not for a particular building or location at the 624-acre cemetery but "to the cemetery at large." https://t.co/K56d58K91q
— Nikki Wentling (@nikkiwentling) August 22, 2018
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