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Bomb squad alerted to package near WTC

The NYPD bomb squad was called lower Manhattan Wedn🍷esday after a suspicious suitcase left near Ground Zero sparked the evacuation of two area schools, authorities said.

The black piece of wheeled luggage was found beh𒈔ind Trinity Church just before 9:30 a.m. on 🤡the corner of Trinity Place and Thames Street, cops said.

Trinity Church Preschool and the High School of Economics and Finance were evacuated while the bomb squad 🦋responded, took x-rays, and performed radiation tests, cops said.

An hour later, the suitcase was determined to be harmless and the scene𒆙 was cleared, police said.

Children from the Trinity preschool being moved outside of a two blo𒉰ck perimeter in respon♈se to a suspicious package near Ground Zero.William Farrington