Disaster drill at Brooklyn OEM preps for nuclear blast in Manhattan
Planning for the worst
How would the New York City and its regional neighbors react if a nuclear device went off in Midtown Manhattan?
New York City’s Office of Emergency Management ran a simulated disaster drill on Wednesday in Downtown Brooklyn to evaluate how the city’s responders could coordinate with neighboring counties and states in handling a radiological catastrophe.
Officials from local, state, and federal agencies along with private entities like the Red Cross filled the computer and media-filled Emergency Operations Center (EOC).