crazy friday.

Hostages being held in Binghamton. Downtown is going to be crazy all day long...

4/3/2009 12:29:16 PM

i'm posting from inside the building on my blackberry, i will update soon

4/3/2009 12:30:06 PM

4 minutes ago according to google...gg

4/3/2009 12:31:41 PM

i am one of the hostages hostage takers... brb with my demands.

4/3/2009 12:32:15 PM

oh shit 4 people shot dead already and another 4 taken hostage

4/3/2009 12:34:50 PM

I am one of the negotiators. Brb after the demands are made.

4/3/2009 12:35:53 PM

41 ppl still hostage...

[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 12:36 PM. Reason : "as many as 41" at least from the article]

4/3/2009 12:36:22 PM

I'm eating my lunch. Will post pics later.

4/3/2009 12:36:51 PM

yeah sorry meant to say 40, not 4.

4/3/2009 12:37:43 PM

http://m.cnn.com/cnn/ne/lt_ne_all/detail/277404



my girlfriend actually works for the press and sun bulletin (the local newspaper). she's telling me that the word around the news room is there have been more people shot and/or dead...like 13. 41 total hostages

4/3/2009 12:38:03 PM

Quote :

"The American Civic Association helps immigrants and refugees with a number of issues, including personal counseling, resettlement, citizenship and reunification, and provides interpreters and translators, according to a United Way of Broome County Web site, which is affiliated with the association."

(where the hostages are being held, fyi)




[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 12:39 PM. Reason : fyi]

4/3/2009 12:38:42 PM

They turk his job!

4/3/2009 12:39:13 PM

odds on this ending in a the shooter comitting suicide?

4/3/2009 12:39:18 PM

they're looking for a vietnamese interpreter now to talk to the gunman...

4/3/2009 12:39:22 PM

damn man...the article says this is an immigration center, but that also homeless ppl frequent it often? wonder if its some guy that hates minorities/poor people

4/3/2009 12:39:33 PM

Tell them to stop shooting people.

4/3/2009 12:39:44 PM

Quote :

"Report: 4 shot, hostages taken in Binghamton, NY Posted: 20 minutes ago Updated: 2 minutes ago BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — At least four people were shot and as many as 41 people taken hostage Friday morning at an immigration services center in Binghamton, according to media reports. Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin that there was a hostage situation involving a gunman with a high-powered rifle. The newspaper reported 41 hostages in the building of the American Civic Association and said apartments were being evacuated. Emergency dispatchers were in contact with some people inside by phone, WBNG-TV reported. The gunman might still be in the building, the newspaper reported. Four people were removed from the building on stretchers and taken to hospitals, and 10 more ambulances were called, the newspaper reported. The condition of the victims wasn't immediately clear. A spokeswoman at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton confirmed that a student from Binghamton University was being treated at the emergency room. Spokeswoman Linda Miller said she didn't know the nature of the injuries. "We're on full alert anticipating we're going to get additional casualties," Miller said. The American Civic Association describes itself as helping immigrants and refugees with counseling, resettlement, citizenship, family reunification and translators. It also intervenes with emergencies, including fighting, hunger and homelessness, according to information from the association's Web site."

WRALs story

4/3/2009 12:40:17 PM

^^ you're the negotiator. you tell him.

4/3/2009 12:40:35 PM

its on wral.com, doesnt mean its their story

[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 12:41 PM. Reason : same exact article i read]

4/3/2009 12:41:20 PM

they are letting me play fifa 09 on my psp, will post scores later

4/3/2009 12:42:39 PM

Okay since the hostage takers are on their iPhones and blackberrys checking this thread....

If you stop shooting people I'll buy you a case of beer.

4/3/2009 12:43:12 PM

^^ aren't you in california?

4/3/2009 12:43:40 PM

had to fly in to ny for the week

4/3/2009 12:44:29 PM

damn, picked a bad time. good luck on fifa. hope you have a few snickers handy.

4/3/2009 12:45:44 PM

the hostage takers actually just passed out milky way darks

4/3/2009 12:47:02 PM

iop1

4/3/2009 12:47:15 PM

Have they stopped shooting yet?

4/3/2009 12:47:29 PM

get ready for the people saying this proves we should ban high powered weapons

4/3/2009 12:48:43 PM

iop1

4/3/2009 12:49:55 PM

They should ban all wepons of every kind.

Make love not war.


Also I really hope that no more people are hurt.

4/3/2009 12:50:03 PM

Christ! After the school (?) shooting in Virginia yesterday...
Not really, it happened off campus, but because it was close to the school, people went OMG he must be hiding on the campus, and the news is touting it as a school shooting.
But, seriously, what the hell is happening to people?

4/3/2009 12:52:20 PM

Video games. GTA.

4/3/2009 12:53:40 PM

i blame our culture

4/3/2009 12:54:05 PM

Quote :

"Okay since the hostage takers are on their iPhones and blackberrys checking this thread.... If you stop shooting people I'll buy you a case of beer."

i don't drink beer or any alcohol.

my demand:

I want all the items off of http://www.igourmet.com/ every single one of them (there are 1,000s of products on there)

NOW

4/3/2009 12:54:44 PM

Quote :

"FOOTBALL HELMET FILLED WITH COTTAGE CHEESE"

4/3/2009 12:55:51 PM

quick amac, what's the score of your game? i need to know you're winning!

[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 12:57 PM. Reason : ?]

4/3/2009 12:56:54 PM

If hostages are being shot at this rate why not breach and clear. You're going to lose hostages either way, this guy has proved that.

4/3/2009 12:57:57 PM

so how early this morning did it start is what i'm wondering

4/3/2009 12:58:40 PM

Okay I can't get you all of that. If no one else gets hurt then I'll give you all my hanson CDs.

4/3/2009 12:58:53 PM

take the deal and run! better than what the Bears got yesterday.

[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM. Reason : df]

4/3/2009 12:59:55 PM

no way! hold out for NKOTB!

4/3/2009 1:00:19 PM

I'll

4/3/2009 1:02:34 PM

you'll?

4/3/2009 1:04:08 PM

haha stupid iPod I didn't mean to post that.

Any updates?

4/3/2009 1:05:12 PM

Latest CNN update: 4 dead, 12 injured, still no breach.

4/3/2009 1:14:57 PM

Okay really guys this isn't cool. These people deserve to live. If you stop now I'll throw in all my hanson DVDs along with every thing else I've offered.

In all seriousness this sucks

4/3/2009 1:16:53 PM

this wouldn't have happened if everyone had guns

4/3/2009 1:20:03 PM

it also wouldn't have happened if no one had guns

4/3/2009 1:21:03 PM

They'd still have them. Just not legally.

4/3/2009 1:21:31 PM

set em up

4/3/2009 1:22:12 PM