Officers give harrowing account of Nashville RV bombing
By Kimberlee Kruesi, Miahcael Balsamo and Eric Tucker - Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Nashville police urged nearby residents to get away as an ominous recording blared from a recreational vehicle. Suddenly the warning stopped, and Petula Clark’s 1964 hit “Downtown” started playing. Then the bomb went off.
Police officers provided harrowing details Sunday of responding to the Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the blast and offering gratitude that they were still alive.
“This is going to tie us together forever, for the rest of my life,” Officer James Wells, who suffered some hearing loss due to the explosion, told reporters at a news conference. “Christmas will never be the same.”
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Nashville Metro Police spokesman Don Aaron told The Associated Press that 63-year-old Anthony Q. Warner, a Tennessee resident, was under investigation in relation to the blast.
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They are heroes : 6 Nashville police officers evacuated residents moments before RV exploded Share Updated: 5:14 PM EST Dec 27, 2020 By Travis Caldwell, Eric Levenson and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN They are heroes : 6 Nashville police officers evacuated residents moments before RV exploded Share Updated: 5:14 PM EST Dec 27, 2020
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