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  • 2016-10-03 (xsd:date)
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  • New York Television Station Broadcasts Bizarre Warning Before Hoboken Train Crash (en)
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  • On 29 September 2016, a New Jersey Transit train crashed in Hoboken, killing one person and injuring more than 100. Not long after the accident, rumors appeared of an unsettling Emergency Alert System clip which had purportedly aired on Utica-area television station WKTV the night before: The scrolling EBS message read: The station acknowledged that the alert appeared in error on 28 September 2016: The outlet also published a brief article about the error on 28 September 2016: At 10:53 PM EST on 28 September 2016, WKTV published a post to their Facebook page indicating a second erroneous message had been broadcast: Not long after that, WKTV said there was confusion in a comment on a previous post, fueling more rumors: Although WKTV's would you, could you alert coupled with the next day's train crash led to inevitable conspiracy theories, the phenomenon was not localized. YouTube users from a number of states shared regional versions of the broadcast, many of which were the first time viewers saw an emergency alert mention the entire United States: We contacted WKTV's newsroom to determine whether in addition to an erroneous set of messages, the train rhyme was included. An employee confirmed that the alert aired at approximately 6:18 PM local time on 28 September 2016, and contained the Seuss quote. Although the anomalous EAS broadcast alarmed viewers nationally, scheduled system tests for 28 September 2016 were announced in July 2016. On 4 October 2016, a FEMA representative explained in an e-mailed statement: While WKTV's unusual message coincided with a train-related tragedy the following day, viewers in areas across the United States received similar warnings during the planned broadcast event, none of whom experienced coincidental incidents or accidents the following day. It remains unclear how the Dr. Seuss rhyme made it into the broadcast. (en)
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