Out of the Ordinary

Only in the US – NY nursing home evacuated after grenades found in fridge

Mar 08 2017 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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The two World War II era grenades – a training hand grenade and a metal hand grenade – were found in a 91-year-old man’s fridge.

Residents were cleared from the Tappan Zee Manor Nursing Home while the devices were removed by the local police’s bomb squad.

The man who owned the grenades was out of the nursing home for medical treatment at the time of the evacuation.

Credit: Clarkstown Police Department

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