Scientists Simulate Boston Subway Terror Attack -- CBS NewsSimulation Is Part of Study to Figure Out Ways to Quickly Minimize Impact of Airborne Assault on Nation's 15 Subway Systems.
(CBS/ AP) Scientists are releasing gases and fluorescent particles into Boston's subway tunnels on Friday to study how toxic chemicals and lethal biological agents could spread through the nation's oldest subway system in a terrorist attack.
It's part of a weeklong study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to figure out ways to quickly minimize the impact of an airborne assault on the nation's 15 subway systems and protect the nation's infrastructure. U.S. subway systems include 810 miles of track in tunnels and accounted for about 3.45 billion trips taken last year, according to the American Public Transportation Association.
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My Comment: When I read stories like this one .... it gives me the realization that it is not if .... but when .... such a terrorist attack will occur.
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