{"id":211253,"date":"2019-09-21T14:35:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T19:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=211253"},"modified":"2019-09-21T00:00:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T05:00:31","slug":"pro-life-event-minnesota-evacuated-bomb-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-event-minnesota-evacuated-bomb-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life event at Minnesota college evacuated due to bomb threat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A pro-life event in Minnesota had to be evacuated after a protester left a homemade “stink bomb” which caused the people around it to become sick. Students for Life of America was kicking off an event for 40 Days for Life in Minnesota at the Rochester Community and Technical College when people noticed someone drop a package in the middle of the room, which appeared to be a bomb.<\/p>\n

Samuel VanderWiel, 19, was arrested and charged with gross misdemeanor harassment, misdemeanor fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct. According to ABC6 News<\/a>, VanderWiel got up in the middle of the keynote speaker’s presentation and yelled something before leaving the room. He left behind a water bottle filled with liquid that smelled like rotten eggs, and the people close to it began to feel sick, and were coughing and feeling light-headed. The auditorium was then evacuated, and officials came to investigate what was in the water bottle.<\/p>\n

Rochester Police Captain Casey Moilanen told ABC6 News that the substance tested positive for ammonia, and that VanderWiel had mixed it with another liquid to create sulfide gas, or a homemade stink bomb. It’s not known what concentration VanderWiel’s stink bomb was, but according to OSHA<\/a>, effects can range anywhere from nausea and headaches to eye irritation, a loss of smell, pulmonary edema, and even death. At least three people reported headaches and chest irritation.<\/p>\n