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Armed Man Holds Hostages at Clinton Campaign Office in NH
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Oh geeee...that's terrible. Hope the situation will end peacefully.
(Hmm...guy's asking for Hillary...they should have umm...told her that she was out in the back...once he goes back, they could have run off safely. :-X)
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(Hmm...guy's asking for Hillary...they should have umm...told her that she was out in the back...once he goes back, they could have run off safely. :-X)
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Hostage held at Clinton office
Please note: this is not too far from where I used to live about 4 to 5 miles and now I lives about 20 miles from there. I went down there to pay for my fuel and saw the police blocked off the road what a mess and quiet street was.
Standoff At Clinton's N.H. Office Ends
A man was taken into custody after he kneeled on the ground outside the office and police placed handcuffs on him. Moments earlier, a young man believed to be the third and final hostage was released, reported Manchester, N.H., TV station WMUR.
The suspect was an older man known around the town to be mentally unstable, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press earlier. The official declined to be identified because he was not authorized to speak pubicly about the case.
The official said the man walked into the campaign office shortly before 1 p.m. and opened his jacket, revealing what appeared to be a pipe bomb.
The law enforcement official confirmed the name of the man as Leeland Eisenberg and said Eisenberg demanded to speak with Clinton. Authorities did not know what Eisenberg wanted to talk to Clinton about.
They believe the device strapped to the man's chest was made with road flares, not a bomb, the official said
The man let a woman with an infant go immediately and at least one other woman got out about two hours later. The dramatic ending came shortly after 6 p.m.
Clinton was out of state when the man walked into the office shortly before 1 p.m. and displayed what he said was a bomb strapped to his chest. The woman with the infant ran next door and had someone call 911.
A volunteer who only gave his first name, Daniel, told WMUR that he called one of the campaign workers on her cell phone after hearing about the hostage taking. Daniel said that there were two women and one man in the office.
"She was very hysterical," he said. "The man said he wasn't going to hurt them, but he wanted to talk to Hillary Clinton."
Eisnerberg was scheduled to appear in Strafford County Superior Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday with his wife for a domestic violence hearing, according to WMUR.
A witness who spoke with the Eisenberg's stepson said that he asked family members where he could purchase road flares, reported Boston TV station WCVB. Some officials speculated that the man may have the flares strapped to his body. A friend of the family said that the man thought that there was a government conspiracy and that government officials were "coming after him," the station reported.
Clinton was scheduled to give an address at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Vienna, Va., Friday afternoon, but DNC Chairman Howard Dean announced from the podium that Clinton would not speak. New York TV station WNBC reported that the man demanded to speak to her.
Clinton gave a statement shortly before 7 p.m. EST on Friday, saying that she planned to travel to New Hampshire to personally thank law enforcement authorities and those in her campaign office.
"I could not be prouder of the people who are in my campaign and I want to thank them and I am glad it ended peacefully," she said.
Clinton Hostage Released
One of the campaign workers who was released unharmed at about 3 p.m. is escorted away from the campaign office by a police officer.
Witness Lettie Tzizik told the station that she spoke to a woman shortly after she was released from the office by the alleged hostage-taker.
"A young woman with a 6-month or 8-month-old infant came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said, 'You need to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape.'"
Several police officers were positioned across the street from the office with guns drawn during the incident, reported WCVB.
"There are sharp shooters on the roof, and police are negotiating with someone in the building," said another witness, who did not want to be identified. "The police are notifying all the business owners on the street to evacuate. There are fire trucks behind the Hillary Clinton office."
"I walked out and I immediately started running, and I saw that the road was blocked off. They told me run and keep going," said Cassandra Hamilton, who works in an office adjacent to the building.
Surrounding businesses were evacuated, the center of town was closed to the public, and the nearby St. Elizabeth Seaton School and Spalding High School were locked down. Students were later allowed to board buses and leave the school.
Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards also have offices in Rochester, and both have been evacuated.
Please note: this is not too far from where I used to live about 4 to 5 miles and now I lives about 20 miles from there. I went down there to pay for my fuel and saw the police blocked off the road what a mess and quiet street was.
Standoff At Clinton's N.H. Office Ends
A man was taken into custody after he kneeled on the ground outside the office and police placed handcuffs on him. Moments earlier, a young man believed to be the third and final hostage was released, reported Manchester, N.H., TV station WMUR.
The suspect was an older man known around the town to be mentally unstable, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press earlier. The official declined to be identified because he was not authorized to speak pubicly about the case.
The official said the man walked into the campaign office shortly before 1 p.m. and opened his jacket, revealing what appeared to be a pipe bomb.
The law enforcement official confirmed the name of the man as Leeland Eisenberg and said Eisenberg demanded to speak with Clinton. Authorities did not know what Eisenberg wanted to talk to Clinton about.
They believe the device strapped to the man's chest was made with road flares, not a bomb, the official said
The man let a woman with an infant go immediately and at least one other woman got out about two hours later. The dramatic ending came shortly after 6 p.m.
Clinton was out of state when the man walked into the office shortly before 1 p.m. and displayed what he said was a bomb strapped to his chest. The woman with the infant ran next door and had someone call 911.
A volunteer who only gave his first name, Daniel, told WMUR that he called one of the campaign workers on her cell phone after hearing about the hostage taking. Daniel said that there were two women and one man in the office.
"She was very hysterical," he said. "The man said he wasn't going to hurt them, but he wanted to talk to Hillary Clinton."
Eisnerberg was scheduled to appear in Strafford County Superior Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday with his wife for a domestic violence hearing, according to WMUR.
A witness who spoke with the Eisenberg's stepson said that he asked family members where he could purchase road flares, reported Boston TV station WCVB. Some officials speculated that the man may have the flares strapped to his body. A friend of the family said that the man thought that there was a government conspiracy and that government officials were "coming after him," the station reported.
Clinton was scheduled to give an address at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Vienna, Va., Friday afternoon, but DNC Chairman Howard Dean announced from the podium that Clinton would not speak. New York TV station WNBC reported that the man demanded to speak to her.
Clinton gave a statement shortly before 7 p.m. EST on Friday, saying that she planned to travel to New Hampshire to personally thank law enforcement authorities and those in her campaign office.
"I could not be prouder of the people who are in my campaign and I want to thank them and I am glad it ended peacefully," she said.
Clinton Hostage Released
One of the campaign workers who was released unharmed at about 3 p.m. is escorted away from the campaign office by a police officer.
Witness Lettie Tzizik told the station that she spoke to a woman shortly after she was released from the office by the alleged hostage-taker.
"A young woman with a 6-month or 8-month-old infant came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said, 'You need to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape.'"
Several police officers were positioned across the street from the office with guns drawn during the incident, reported WCVB.
"There are sharp shooters on the roof, and police are negotiating with someone in the building," said another witness, who did not want to be identified. "The police are notifying all the business owners on the street to evacuate. There are fire trucks behind the Hillary Clinton office."
"I walked out and I immediately started running, and I saw that the road was blocked off. They told me run and keep going," said Cassandra Hamilton, who works in an office adjacent to the building.
Surrounding businesses were evacuated, the center of town was closed to the public, and the nearby St. Elizabeth Seaton School and Spalding High School were locked down. Students were later allowed to board buses and leave the school.
Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards also have offices in Rochester, and both have been evacuated.
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Saw it on TV,, so I am not kind of surprise that someone want to do harm to the Clioton for lot of reasons. Someone must have hated them.
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Yea I am glad it was over. I went to pay for my fuel and I can see the situation from the office. It was scary and the street is so quiet. I was able to find to park my truck.
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Yeah glad everybody is okay.
I think something happen to John Edwards' Headquarter office in Carolina few years ago... I think somebody broke in. But anyway.
Yeah that is sad for Clinton.
I think something happen to John Edwards' Headquarter office in Carolina few years ago... I think somebody broke in. But anyway.
Yeah that is sad for Clinton.
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