Monday, October 24, 2005 Posted at 2:59 PM EDT
Associated Press
Detroit — Federal agents briefly stopped several runners in the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon when one of them apparently triggered radiation sensors inside the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
Agents on the U.S. side of the tunnel underneath the Detroit River determined that the sensors were set off by a medical radioisotope like that injected into the blood system for stress tests, Ronald Smith, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told the Detroit Free Press.
The runner who set off the alarm Sunday morning has not been located.
An undetermined number of runners were detained for several seconds while agents tried to determine what triggered the alarm. They then were allowed to continue.
Runner Gerald Hug, of Plymouth, Mich., said some runners complained that the delay could hurt their chances of qualifying for the Boston Marathon.
Gary Mc
Did I mention I did Kona
Associated Press
Detroit — Federal agents briefly stopped several runners in the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon when one of them apparently triggered radiation sensors inside the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
Agents on the U.S. side of the tunnel underneath the Detroit River determined that the sensors were set off by a medical radioisotope like that injected into the blood system for stress tests, Ronald Smith, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told the Detroit Free Press.
The runner who set off the alarm Sunday morning has not been located.
An undetermined number of runners were detained for several seconds while agents tried to determine what triggered the alarm. They then were allowed to continue.
Gary Mc
Did I mention I did Kona