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Discovered, Mar 15, 2006
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Brooklyn Bridge
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In 2006, city workers stumbled upon a long-forgotten safe room under Brooklyn Bridge, which was filled with stockpiled supplies hidden away for decades
Boxes including plastic covered blanked and medical aid supplies such as Dextran, and antibiotic, were found beneath the bridge
The boxes were stamped with dates which read- ‘1957, when the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite, and 1962, when the Cuban missile crisis seemed to bring the world to the precipice of nuclear destruction’
The safe room was filled with drums of water, medicine, blankets, and 352,000 high-calorie crackers, appearing to still be edible, sealed away in airtight metal canisters
The safe room with signage ' Secondary Aid station' and ' Stretcher case treatment'
On the Manhattan side of the bridge was a brick basement filled with boxes labelled ‘For Use Only After Enemy Attack’
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