NEW YORK CITY-A bomb scare occurred in Lower Manhattan earlier this morning after a suspicious package was discovered at Brookfield Office Properties' Two World Financial Center. Employees from Nomura were evacuated after a package -- which contained a device that resembled an explosive -- was detected by a scanner in the building's mail room, GlobeSt.com has learned. As of 12:25 p.m., the New York City Police Department has confirmed that the item was a novelty grenade.
At the scene, an NYPD official says "the authorities have responded, the bomb squad has responded, and everything is now safe."
The building is adjacent to the 16-acre World Trade Center site, the location of the largest terrorist attack in American history.
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