Denver Zoo Evacuated After Threat of Airplane Attack

Patrons buy tickets at the Denver Zoo entrance pavilion on June 11, 2012. Donlammers/ Wikimedia Commons
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The Denver Zoo had to evacuate some 1,000 guests after receiving a threat that someone was going to crash an airplane into the zoo.

The zoo received a phone call around 3 p.m. on Oct. 2 telling zoo staff that an airplane was going to crash into the 80-acre facility.

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