The initial Boston Globe story of the incident in 1988 has three themes running through it; the incident would not be seen as prank, but a crime; the powerful and caustic nature of the tear gas caused pain and burned the skin of the students and first responders; and security at the dorms was loose and easy for “strangers” to get into the building.
Students living on the second floor where the tear gas canister was detonated literally jumped out of the windows to escape. Firefighters suffered burns on the back of their necks and around their faces.
Boston Fire Captain Matthew Corbett seemed angry. He was quoted saying, “ This is a serious crime. It’s outrageous. A person can get a 20-year sentence for this.”
The third theme, that “anyone from outside” or “strangers” could easily get into the dorm implies that the suspect was not a BC student.
Was the second floor of Edmonds a random location for an outsider to play a prank on college students? Or did someone knowing let him in?
Post your recollections, and start a discussion about the lasting effects of that night.
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