Students At Salem State University React To Hoax Bomb Threat Made By Student

WBZ NewsRadio’s Kyle Bray reports.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It was certainly a memorable first day.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Alex was one of many Salem State students who found
themselves evacuating from Marsh Hall Friday night after a student
reported that someone sent them a bomb threat over social media.
This turned out to be a hoax, but for a
little while, students that had just moved in were unsure
if and when they could return to their dorms. Lenn
says he was one of many students that decided to
camp out with friends in a different dorm.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
I need to call my votage friends and find a place,
and I luckily found one of my friends who had
like a room with one bed free, and I was like,
just found that two closest people of me. Was like, okay, guys,
come here my roommate and then another friend was like,
let's go.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
In a letter to the community, Salem State President John
Keenan says the hoax threat was sent in by a
student that was off campus at the time. They've since
been barred from the school and could face criminal charges
from Salem. Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's news radio