Halloween may be over, but the scares at Union Station are just starting with their overnight emergency simulation of a worst-case scenario. The simulation which will involve an assailant with an automatic weapon, a fire on the train platform, 150 volunteer actors and multiple casualties will be the largest, most complex exercise ever held at Union Station, said Anne Marie Aikins, the senior media manager at Metrolinx. Pedestrian sidewalks and northbound lanes of York Street, from Bremner to Front Street and sidewalks and eastbound lanes of Front Street, from York Street to Bay Street will be closed during the exercise. Aikins said they want to ensure the public is fully aware of the exercise to reduce concerned 911 calls. Sign Up NowRaneem Alozzi is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto.

Source: thestar November 02, 2019 15:56 UTC