Oh Good We Found The Missing Radioactive Device Wait What Do You Mean THE DEVICE WAS CRUSHED SENDING RADIATION INTO A BUILDING?

Yesterday, a man found the missing radioactive device in the Nicetown section of the city at a scrapyard. Well, only the case was found in the scrapyard. The radioactive gauge was found in the building next door and had been put into a crusher. Oh, that’s okay. Wait, what?

As the anchors made sure to note approximately 45,000 times during yesterday’s 5 o’clock news broadcast — Is there anyone in this town who isn’t a shameless annoying self-promoter? No. Good, just checking. — the man who found it found out about the missing radioactive case from Good Day Philadelphia. Dave Schratweiser said the scene “looked like something out of a counter-terrorism drill. But this was the real thing.” But, ah, it wasn’t really an act of terrorism.

The yellow box was found in a side yard, while the radioactive gauge was found inside a building. The material was contained inside the building, and eventually cleaned it up. Now it’s contained in a drum and some private company will eventually clean it up. Until they forget, and then pretty soon there are Philadelphians with three arms.

Nuclear Gauge Found, Cleanup Underway [MyFox Philly]
Yesterday: Oh Hey How’s That Audenreid High School Project Going Well You Say Wait What Was That YOU LOST THE RADIOACTIVE DEVICE?

Oh Hey How’s That Audenreid High School Project Going Well You Say Wait What Was That YOU LOST THE RADIOACTIVE DEVICE?

In yet another job of crack Philadelphia competent work, yesterday a portable radioactive device was reported missing from a South Philly construction site.

The device can’t be used as any kind of bomb — unless MacGyver stole it — and was taken from a construction truck on the 3300 block of Tasker. The device is used for measuring the density of soil at construction sites. It won’t harm anybody from a block or so away, but anybody who tries to tamper with it, handle the radioactive source or use it as a football could be risking exposure to dangerous material.

If you see the device walking down the street, talking to a terrorist or running for mayor, police have asked you to, uh, call them. It’s a bright yellow case with the radiation symbol on it. And to those of you who have other radioactive devices — in your homes, at your job, at your construction sites — please remember to keep a close eye on them.

Update, 10:58 a.m.: Ooh, nevermind! Cops found the device in Nicetown at Germantown and Hunting Park Avenues. Hooray; we’re all safe!

Stolen Radioactive Gauge Found In Nicetown [CBS 3]