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MO mock terrorism attack 'kills and injures' many

Emergency Management Alert, April 19, 2005

Many people were "injured, contaminated, and killed" when an emergency crew failed to locate a bomb before it exploded during a recent simulated terrorist attack in Missouri, reports The Sedalia Democrat.

Titan, a company that federal Homeland Security employs to test readiness around the country, set up the exercise for the Pettis County Emergency Management Agency, county and city law enforcement, county and city fire companies, ambulance services, and Bothwell Regional Medical Center in Sedalia.

Terrorists first crashed a truck containing anhydrous ammonia during a high school graduation ceremony at a local stadium. The ensuing confusion provided the terrorists a window of time to plant the bomb, which was timed to go off after first-response teams arrived at the scene.

Firemen assisted victims to an area outside the stadium perimeter where they awaited transportation to Bothwell Regional Medical Center. At the same time, fire rescue teams set up portable decontamination stations outside the hospital.

Victims went through decontaminating showers at the hospital before entering a triage tent where health personnel determined their injuries.

The test cost the federal government up to $150,000.

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