Kansas City Memorial Stair Climb goes on despite bomb threat [photos]

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

Kansas City Memorial Stair Climb goes on despite bomb threat [photos]

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