{"id":2061131,"date":"2023-10-09T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-on-santa-monica-pier-ferris-wheel-claims-to-have-bomb-riders-stuck-on-wheel\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T19:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:35:41","slug":"man-on-santa-monica-pier-ferris-wheel-claims-to-have-bomb-riders-stuck-on-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-on-santa-monica-pier-ferris-wheel-claims-to-have-bomb-riders-stuck-on-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb threat on Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel traps riders."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-on-santa-monica-pier-ferris-wheel-claims-to-have-bomb-riders-stuck-on-wheel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2061131&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of Ferris wheel\u2062 during\u200d Primo Park After Dark hosted by Amazon Freevee and Universal Television at Pacific Park on \u2064the Santa Monica Pier on \u2062May 17, 2023 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by\u2064 Jon Kopaloff\/Getty Images for\u200c Amazon\u2063 Freevee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia \u2064Flores<\/a><br \/>4:29\u2062 PM \u2013 Monday, \u200dOctober 9, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>The Santa Monica \u200bPier \u2064Ferris Wheel \u2064Incident<\/h2>\n<p>The Santa Monica Police Department has announced that a \u2062man who claims to\u200b be\u2063 armed with a \u200cbomb \u200bhas \u2063climbed to \u2064the center of the\u2064 notable Santa Monica Pier Ferris wheel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>:\u200c The Santa Monica Pier \u2064has been evacuated\u200b after\u200c a man claiming to have bomb climbed onto Ferris wheel<br \/>\u2070\ud83d\udccc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SantaMonica?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SantaMonica<\/a> | \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/California?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#California<\/a> \u2070<br \/>Numerous authorities are currently on the\u2064 scene\u2063 in Santa\u200d Monica California, after a \u2063man, who claims to be armed with a bomb, climbed\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qm725iNK4z\">pic.twitter.com\/Qm725iNK4z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cR A W S \u2062A L \u2062E R T S (@rawsalerts) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawsalerts\/status\/1711516197919867337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to officials, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-on-santa-monica-pier-ferris-wheel-claims-to-have-bomb-riders-stuck-on-wheel\/\" title=\"Bomb threat on Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel traps riders.\">unidentified man\u200c told onlookers<\/a> that he \u201chad a bomb\u200d on him\u201d before\u2064 he proceeded to\u2063 climb \u200cup \u2064the 85-foot\u200b ferris\u2064 wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Police \u2063also stated that \u200bthe man continues to \u200byell at officers from on top of the wheel. <\/p>\n<p>However, due to the screams and loud noise in \u200cthe area, authorities have \u2063been unable \u200cto make out everything he \u2064said. Santa\u2063 Monica Fire Department officials\u200d are using cherry \u200dpickers to\u2062 rescue those still stuck on the Ferris \u200bwheel.<\/p>\n<p>Police have also now closed down\u200b the\u2064 Santa Monica Pier to the public.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SantaMonica?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SantaMonica<\/a> Pier\u200d is closed \u2064for police \u200bactivity.\u00a0 We have a\u2064 subject who \u200chas climbed onto the Ferris Wheel.\u00a0 The subject was heard by witnesses saying he has a\u200c bomb.\u00a0 Our officers \u2062are currently evacuating Pacific Park \u2062and the Pier and our \u200cCrisis Negotiation \u200cTeam is contacting\u2026 \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UTkRVhlcTo\">pic.twitter.com\/UTkRVhlcTo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Santa\u2062 Monica Police (@SantaMonicaPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SantaMonicaPD\/status\/1711509298487119875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, \u20622023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe \u200chere. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>More than 900 people have been killed\u200c in Israel, including at least 11 Americans, in Hamas\u2019 unprecedented, surprise, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-released-taliban-video-blames-u-s-for-9-11\/\" title=\"Newly Released Taliban Video Blames U.S. For 9\/11\">coordinated terrorist attacks<\/a> on Israel, \u200cwhich have resulted in the \u2062slaughter of innocent people and the taking of women and \u2063children hostage.\u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Violence in the Middle East reverberates \u2062throughout the U.S. reaching the \u2064Israeli Consulate in Manhattan. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Jimmy Levy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Drew Hernandez<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft\u2019s users \u200dand \u2062rivals whether Bing should \u2063comply with new tough\u200d tech \u200drules.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shares of Arm Holdings rose 3% on Monday after a wave \u2062of \u201cbuy\u201d ratings from Wall \u200bStreet analysts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s administration\u200b is \u2064facing pressure from\u2063 some \u2063lawmakers\u200b to\u200d restrict American companies from\u2062 working on a\u200d freely available chip technology widely used in China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI is \u2062exploring making its\u200d own\u2062 artificial intelligence\u200d chips and \u200cis evaluating a potential acquisition target.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2064rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062What is the current status of the situation at the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Santa\u200d Monica Pier Ferris Wheel Incident<\/p>\n<p>The Santa Monica Police Department \u200bhas reported a concerning \u200bincident at the famous Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel. A\u2063 man, who claims to be armed with a bomb, has climbed to the center of the Ferris Wheel and is currently refusing to come down.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200c officials, the unidentified man made his intentions clear to onlookers by stating that he had a bomb on\u200b him. He proceeded\u200d to \u2063climb up the \u200d85-foot Ferris Wheel, causing alarm and panic among those\u200c present \u200bat the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Police have stated that the man is continuously yelling at officers from the top of the Ferris \u2063Wheel. However,\u200d the noise and commotion in the area have made it difficult\u200d for authorities to discern everything he is saying. In an effort to ensure the safety of those still stuck on \u2062the Ferris Wheel, the Santa Monica Fire Department is utilizing cherry pickers to\u2064 conduct rescues.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200ba precautionary measure, the Santa Monica Pier has been\u2063 closed to the public. Authorities are taking this incident very seriously, and the Santa Monica\u200b Police \u200dCrisis Negotiation Team is currently\u200b in contact with the man in an attempt\u200c to resolve the situation peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 incident has caused \u200cconcern and garnered attention on social media platforms\u2063 as well. Various Twitter\u200c users\u2063 have shared updates and videos of the scene, spreading awareness of the ongoing situation.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement agencies \u200dare working\u200c diligently to\u2063 handle the situation \u2062and ensure the safety of\u200d everyone involved. The Santa Monica\u2064 Police Department has asked\u200d the public to remain\u2064 patient and cooperative while they\u2064 work to\u200d resolve the\u200d incident in a peaceful manner.<\/p>\n<p>As of now,\u2062 no further details about the man or his motives have been released. The investigation is\u200b ongoing, and \u200dauthorities are urging anyone with information related to this\u200b incident to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>In light of this incident, it is \u200ccrucial for \u2064the public to remain vigilant and follow any instructions given \u200cby law enforcement officials \u2064in order to ensure their own safety. The Santa Monica \u2064Police \u2064Department \u2062will continue to provide updates as the situation unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo Courtesy: \u200dJon Kopaloff\/Getty Images for Amazon Freevee)<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; OAN\u2019s \u200dSophia\u2062 Flores &#8211; https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Santa Monica\u200d Police Twitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/SantaMonicaPD\/status\/1711509298487119875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; R A\u2062 W S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that they will be increasing security measures at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier following recent incidents. The park, known for its iconic Ferris wheel, was the venue for a popular event hosted by Amazon Freevee and Universal Television. 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