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canner for the purpose he claimed,

the officers allowed Scott to open his

canner so the officers could see it was

empty.

By this time, a third officer had

shown up, and not long after that, the

police commander arrived. This was

more excitement than their little town

had had in a while. Once everyone

was satisfied that Scott was harmless,

one of the officers informed him they

also had the K-9 unit and the bomb

squad ready and waiting not far away.

The first officer apologized to Scott

and explained that their town had lost

fourteen people in the 9/11 attack on

the World Trade Center.