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| Officer in the background instructing people to move on |
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| Diffusing the situation |
All that changed yesterday around 12.45 pm I and another fellow
tenant were sitting in the courtyard chatting away when a female officer
approached us. For public safety she kindly
asked us to move due to a bomb scare in the neighbourhood we gladly obliged and
proceeded to our building. Minutes later
I hear fire truck sirens, from my apt windows I notice the presence of mounted
police and fire fighters at the other street corner and the area being taped
off. Soon after I decided to go to the
store and to see what’s going on. As I
left the building I walked towards King Street and noticed a young police officer
standing at the other corner. He looked and signaled for me to move on I then called him over and asked will I be
able to come back to the apt building. He said no and apologized saying he’s
only doing his job. I didn’t put up a
fuss just then another tenant approached the building and was sternly told she
could not enter the building. She was
pissed and eventually walked away in a huff.
So there I was standing outside the perimeter wondering how
long until I’m allowed to get back to my apt building. Will it be all day or just a few
hours! I had clothes in the dryer. Soon
after more tenants and one staff member came out of the building unaware what’s
going on they too were instructed not to reenter the KMHC building. Here’s a group of angry and annoyed Native tenants
standing outside near the courtyard wondering what to do next. The officer noticed we were upset he then asked
for our address and radioed his supervisor.
After a brief conversation with his supervisor we were allowed to enter our
building. Yippee! The young police officer probably thought “Let’s
not start another war with the Natives they just want to go home and put away their groceries".
When I came back to my apt I checked Twitter for
updates. There was a tweet announced the situation
was a false alarm and the streets will soon be open to traffic and pedestrians.
What’s interesting about all this is how we humans react to
possible danger, our insatiable curiosity and disruption of our daily normal routines.
You may be asking where is the KMHC office staff during all
this! Well HOW Christine didn’t show up
for work, HCS Ingrid was nowhere to be seen and HOW Lynda was hiding in the
office. Talk about lack of
leadership. :P
After all this excitement I looked forward to "An Evening With Canada's Astronaut Chris Hadfield" at Hamilton Place. :)
Tk
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