Police: Huge WWII-era bomb successfully defused in Frankfurt

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Michael Probst, Associated Press
 Updated 1:17 pm, Sunday, September 3, 2017




FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Bomb disposal experts defused a huge unexploded World War II-era bomb in the German financial capital Frankfurt that forced the evacuation of more than 60,000 residents, police said Sunday.

Hospital patients and the elderly were among those affected in what was Germany's biggest evacuation in recent history.

Construction workers found the 1.8-ton (4,000-pound) British bomb Tuesday. Officials ordered residents to evacuate homes within a 1.5-kilometer (nearly a mile) radius of the site in Germany's financial capital. Dozens of ambulances lined up early Sunday to pick up anyone unable to independently leave the danger zone.
 
The high capacity bomb, also dubbed a Blockbuster, was one of thousands dropped over Germany by the Royal Air Force during the final years of World War II to cripple the Nazi war machine and demoralize the German population.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/60-000-evacuating-Frankfurt-ahead-of-defusing-12170173.php

[Angry Dragon]

1. Trump says: 'See the British are dropping bombs on Germany.'

"Why can't I drop some on North Korea??"

[planetc]

2. There's actually no one I'd rather have defusing bombs than Germans.

They're so picky and careful and respectful of the laws of physics. Hey, could we put them in charge of creating world peace? It's a thought.

[Plucketeer]

4. How about

having the BEST, most QUALIFIED, FANTASTIC bomb disposal guy (Mr. Pumpkin-head) do it? ->

[burrowowl]

3. And block busters is what they were

Go work defuser team!