The testing was actually done in Early to Mid May. There were drills for a biological attacks carried out in Montgomery County (at King of Prussia Mall) and in Philadelphia (at the National Constitution Center and at the Linc ... activities at the Linc included a SWAT assault.)
I was in the Emergency Operations Center for Montgomery County during the drill. Interesting to see how the response gets coordinated.
Last year I attended a similar drill at Willow Grove Mall ... the scenario was an explosion of a dirty bomb in the food court, but the first responders didn't have that piece of information and so became victims themselves ...
They are playing these games with some very realistic scenarios.
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