The Spirit of Ontario was shut down for more than a hour Sunday after the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection ordered a security sweep of the high-speed ferry and a bomb threat was discovered.
The threat was a note found on the ship by a ferry worker and it turned out to be a hoax, customs spokeswoman Janet Rapaport said today.
Local customs officials ordered the detailed inspection of the vessel after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Sunday raised the nation's terrorism alert level in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Newark, N.J. The alert wasn't increased across the country, but customs decided to conduct the sweep here anyway, Rapaport said.
“We're always vigilant,” she said. more...
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