As Twitchy reported, an informant posing as a terrorist helped track down and arrest a Florida man who plotted to bomb the annual Memorial Stair Climb in Kansas City, Mo., with a pressure cooker bomb similar to the one detonated at the Boston Marathon finish line.
https://twitter.com/M_W_19/status/642753180854583296
Joshua Goldberg, 20, sent the informant directions on how to build the bomb, which would be filled with nails and shrapnel dipped in rat poison “to inflict more casualties.” Goldberg was arrested on a charge of distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.
And the firefighters and first responders? They went on with the climb as scheduled — no surprise there.
Members of the Fairmount Township Fire Department took part in the Kansas City 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb yesterday. pic.twitter.com/Tdm45ExPtI
— Emergency Management (@LVCountyEOC) September 14, 2015
http://t.co/WRoCUwGoLm Memorial Stair Climb in Kansas City honors… http://t.co/J7Gjiw1anr Local Weekly Paper pic.twitter.com/9ICs7VEsIR
— LocalWeeklyPaper (@LocalNewsWeekly) September 14, 2015
Pre-climb smiles #343 #neverforget @ Kansas City 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb https://t.co/uLVgb5M7wO
— Courtney B (@cbrew06) September 13, 2015
https://instagram.com/p/7lHJ5Hob65UVCQLvOGMwhP9zDFpy4xsbfwsx00/
Kansas City Stair Climb goes on without problems. http://t.co/po6QqQGIRW pic.twitter.com/kOKAy99xa0
— 98.1 KMBZ (@KMBZradio) September 14, 2015
Bombing Plot Doesn’t Stop Kansas City Stair Climb, http://t.co/rDDDXLuFkY pic.twitter.com/YSfBv8OBld
— Firefighter Nation (@firenation) September 14, 2015
Memorial Stair Climb held in shadow of bomb plot: http://t.co/mdc1qgygOC via @ali_hoxie pic.twitter.com/9IXq9t92zn
— 41 Action News (@41actionnews) September 14, 2015
Fight fighters are suiting up for the Kansas City 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb. They'll go up Town Pavilion three times. pic.twitter.com/PneLsOEjyz
— Cody Newill (@CodyNewill) September 13, 2015
Kansas City’s 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A dramatic moment at the KC Stair Climb Sunday morning… http://t.co/Cq8Eafm5yq
— Lawrence Journal (@lawrencejournal) September 14, 2015
Kansas City 9-11 Stair Climb 2015 is complete. Now having food and drinks with a big group of fellow firefighters. pic.twitter.com/8fwFFJpocQ
— Kansas Meso Trackers (@KansasMeso) September 14, 2015
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