Trump Tower Evacuated over Suspicious Bag Filled with Toys
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Trump Tower, the site used as President-elect Donald Trump's primary residence, was evacuated after a "suspicious package", that later turned out to be an unattended backpack filled with children's toys, was found in the lobby.
Trump, who is spending the holidays at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, was not present at the time.
A video of the evacuation shared on Twitter, shows guests running out of the hotel lobby as police shout "Out! Out!"
The New Yew Police Department [NYPD] bomb squad responded to the situation "out of an abundance of caution", J. Peter Donald, NYPD's spokesperson, wrote on Twitter.
The scene was later deemed safe when authorities found that the suspicious package was in fact an unattended bag of toys and posed no threat.
Trump's flagship Fifth Avenue building has been the primary site of the President-elect's presidential transition efforts as he prepares for his inauguration on January 20.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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