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Things to do:
Break through walls, rappel down elevator shaft, haul up victim with broken legs and possible neck injuries, lower him eight stories from roof for decontamination for possible radiological exposure from a terrorist attack.
So, it was a fairly typical day for an elite unit from the U.S. Marine Corps that, along with local law enforcement, conducted a major training exercise Friday at the long-vacant Pirelli office building on Sargent Drive near Ikea.
The hours-long drill utilized fire department vehicles, decontamination areas, assault rifle-toting SWAT members, Marines in protective suits and respirators, and one window washer (a dummy) dangling precariously from the face of the building. The sight created quite a spectacle for motorists driving along Interstate 95 and Sargent Drive. It even prompted at least one rubbernecking rear- end accident.
Friday was the third time the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force conducted...